[solved]Tropaeolum - hybrid or species?

[Martin Bohnet]

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is it just me or is this one half way between brachyceras and tricolor? Came in last fall from Lauw's final sale at Bulb'Argance. I bought both species, and brachyceras has slightly larger petals, more of a pattern on the inside and less color on the backside... I have no other species flowering for now - does this fall in the scape of a pale tricolor? my growing conditions may not be ideal in Germany...

[Uli]

To me it looks like a hybrid. If Lauw has raised it from seed and if he has grown both species it is likely to be a hybrid.

[Martin Bohnet]

thanks for your opinion. Actually, it was the only tricolor-ish i had in flower, the other flowering Tropaeolum in the pot was pentaphyllum, so I'm still open in my judgement. paler flowers out of proportion could still be a lack of sun. could.

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[Martin Bohnet]

So, this year I've got the true Tropaeolum tricolor

in flower, and more flowers on the thing that is now clearly a hybrid. I've also uploaded a last year Tropaeolum brachyceras

image - they don't flower this year, I hope they still made it.