Intergeneric Hybrids
Mary Sue Ittner (Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:22:04 PDT)

Dear All,

Can someone explain the correct or customary way of naming intergeneric
hybrids? Long ago we discussed how we might create wiki pages for them and
Mark Mazer, Mark McDonough, and I decided we'd name the page with the name
for each one and then link that page to both genera that were involved. No
one has added any so I haven't had to figure out what to call the page. In
John Bryan's latest book he lists these three:

xAmarcrinum -- the name used for hybrids between Amaryillis belladonna and
Crinum moorei. Does this mean if there was another cross with another
Crinum it wouldn't be included in this name?

xAmarine -- the name used for a combination of Amaryllis belladonna and
Nerine species or hybrids

xAmarygia -- intergeneric hybrids between Amaryllis belladonna and Brunsvigia.

Are there others or a way to name those that aren't recognized by a common
name as the ones above?

When I got back from my trip to my surprise blooming in my greenhouse from
Bill Dijk seed was a cross between a hybrid Hippeastrum and Sprekelia. It
was/is very pretty and I would like to add it to the wiki if I can figure
out how to name the page.

I was rather amazed by this since I can't get Sprekelia to bloom at all and
keep threatening to toss the ones I have. Lee Poulsen says that cultivar,
Orient something is fool proof and long blooming so I bought one in
Southern California and it hasn't bloomed either. And my luck with regular
easy Hippeastrums isn't very good either. So normally I pass on them, but
this was seed from awhile ago. The seed was labeled H. stylosum (mistake
somewhere) and I had treated it like that was what it was following
instructions that someone supplied for how to grow the different species.
So I watered it and fertilized it certain months and kept it completely dry
for the winter months and started watering when I was supposed to. Never
did I expect it to bloom. What an exciting welcome home present.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Mary Sue