Thank you, I have seen improvements in various hippeastrum bulbs over the years which made me wonder: Exotic Star bulbs now make three spikes of 4 (or 5) blossoms each instead of two blossoms per spike and Chico now has six blossoms per stem instead of four. Incidentally, if you put Chico pollen on Exotic Star, the hybrid can be gorgeous. I had one that, on the first bloom, had one stalk with two flowers with red and cream pinstripes, but one of the flowers was almost all red and the other, almost all cream. Every time I look at the photo I do double-takes. Anyways, I guess the improvements I see are cultural. On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM Nicholas Plummer via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > From Hippeastrum: The Gardener's Amaryllis by Veronica M. Reed (Timber > Press): "After a new Hippeastrum is selected, it is propagated by chipping > and twin scaling. Once stocks have reached 100-1000 bulbs, commercial > production can begin. Within only two years of twin scaling, stocks will > have reached 30,000-40,000 bulbs. Promising hybrids may become > commercially available within 4-5 years following the final selection." > > Nick > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM Tim Eck via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > I am curious about the way commercial named hybrids are propagated and > I'm > > certain there are very knowledgeable people on the listserve. > > The two most likely ways are cloning, whether with offsets, chipping, or > > micropropagation and initial inbreeding to an essentially homozygous > > condition followed by self-pollination and seed propagation. > > I'm mostly interested in hippeastrums but any information is good > > information. > > I would be grateful for any insights, > > Tim > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…