Hybrid

Crosses #3 & 4

So far I have only had success with two crosses, cross # 3 S. eumorpha #1 x (S. leucotricha x S. reitzii) and cross #4 S. eumorpha #2 x (S. leucotricha x S. reitzii). The S. eumorpha were the seed parents on both crosses. The S. eumorpha and (S. leucotricha x S. reitzii) , I raised from seed acquired from Mario Peixoto in Brazil.

Above: S. eumorpha #1, lavender & white Above: S. eumorpha #2 almost solid white with striped throat.

This came up in my S. leucotricha seedlings, I have since found out it is actually a hybrid (S. leucotricha x S. reitzii), Mr. Peixoto was fairly confident this was the cross. It started blooming at six months, my true S. leucotrichas didn't start blooming until breaking their dormancy the second year. It is about the same size as my S. eumorphas only taller.

hybrid #1 ((S. leucotricha x S. reitzii) x S. eumorpha #2) hybrid #2 ((S. leucotricha x S. reitzii) x S. eumorpha #1)

hybrid #3 ((S. leucotricha x S. reitzii) xS. eumorpha #2) hybrid #4 ((S. leucotricha x S. reitzii) x S. eumorpha #2)

hybrid #5 ((S. leucotricha x S. reitzii) x S. eumorpha #1) hybrid #8 ((S. leucotricha x S. reitzii) x S. eumorpha #2)

The plant on the upper left is the first of my hybrid seedlings to bloom, S. eumorpha #2 x (S. leucotricha x S. reitzii), it bloomed on April 23, 2006. The plant on the upper right is the second of my seedlings to bloom and is from the cross, S. eumorpha #1 x (S. leucotricha x S. reitzii). Hybrid 3 is from the same cross as hybrid #1 it is third of my seedlings to bloom, it opened on May 12, 2006, it is going to be a large plant. All three have heavy spotting and striping in the throat, but the color is varying. I kept 6 of each set of these two crosses, three of each set at home and three at work. As you can see hybrid #1 took more of its color from the pollen parent (S. leucotricha x S. reitzii), while hybrid #2 took its color from the seed parent S. eumorpha. They both also inherited the white throat with striping from the seed parent S. eumorpha, but hybrid #1 has a perfect ring of color on the outside of all the petals while hybrid #2 is a solid lavender.

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