Crossing Hippeastrelia
Adam Fikso (Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:34:43 PST)

I have seedlings from (Hippeastrum x johnsonii x Sprekelia formossissima) x
self both 1 year and 2 year babies in pots that are from crosses I made.
The H. x johnsonii appears to be the real thing as it is somewhat more
gracile than some of what I take to be later confusions with the original or
latter-day similarly colored Hippeastrums that have broader tepals. It was
about 18" , with 4 flowers (bought on eBay) from a lady in the South who
said that she had had it her garden for many years. One crop is a self from
a Hippeastrelia labelled 'Durga Pradhan', the other was my repeat of the
cross, and not properly designated as DP. Don't know if johnsonii is
triploid. I suspect that it is not.

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From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net>
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