I got this lovely species a year ago from Telos and it has grown well. This is the first bloom for me, and it is already making a small offset. It never loses its leaves under my greenhouse conditions. I'll try the microwave ploy and see if I can get some seed set, but if any member has one of these blooming and would like to swap some pollen, please send me a private email and we can exchange addresses. In an ongoing effort to make more hardy Hipp crosses, I have some seeds germinating that resulted from pollinating a few interesting hybrids with pollen I took from H. Johnsonii when it was blooming outside late last summer. I took whole anthers and put into a pill bottle with silica gel beads, gave them some time to dry a little in the refrigerator, then moved to the freezer. No idea how long the stored pollen typically lasts, but this would've been at least four to six months. On a related note, my first "hardy" cross involved Salmon Pearl and reginae. I have ten seedlings that have grown and multiplied well outside and are blooming. I'll post the pix in due course to show the range of blooms, all of which are in varying degrees intermediate between the two parents. Nothing to write home about but very hardy here. Seeds from that cross that have been in the refrigerator for probably six years now are still viable, based on a germination test I did on some a few weeks ago. That seemed like a long time for the seeds to tolerate cold storage, but if anyone has more data on that matter, please share it. Thanks! Bob Zone 7 E Tenn -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: H. machupijchensis.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4149336 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: H. machupijchensis 2.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 4450659 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
