Just wanted to share my excitement. Two years ago I crossed R. foliolosa and R. bracteata in both directions and got a number of seedlings. I’ve been trying ever since to determine if any of them are actually hybrids. All the seedlings with R. bracteata as seed parent look very much like bracteata, and all the seedlings with R. foliolosa as seed parent look like foliolosa. I noticed today that one of the R. foliolosa x R. bracteata seedlings is forming buds for the fist time, and the buds look like bracteata buds, which are pretty distinctive. Now to figure out where to go from here!
Mark
Expect a surprise at least for some!
I will not disclose.
I did bracteata x foliolosa years ago.
Hi Mark,
Have you noticed improved disease resistance with any of the seedlings in either direction?
It is definitely cool to see the influence of both parents. Congratulations!
Jim Sproul
“Have you noticed improved disease resistance with any of the seedlings in either direction?”
Both parents are very healthy for me here on the Gulf Coast. I’ll be happy if the seedlings have disease resistance as good as either parent. I’ve kept six seedlings total, three from the cross in each direction. Five are still in pots that they’ve outgrown. I see some leaf drop from them when I let them dry out too much. The only seedling in the ground so far is the one with buds. One of the R. bracteata x R. foliolosa seedlings bloomed last year when only a few inches high. The plant and bloom both appeared to be pure bracteata.
Mark
Seedling is opening the first bloom now. It’s snow white, so there’s doubt in my mind now that it’s a hybrid.
Mark
Is this the foliolosa x bracteata hybrid? If so, wouldn’t you be expecting pink if it wasn’t a hybrid? Make sure you get some photos!!!