Pancratium maritimum - hybrids
Adam Fikso (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:17:49 PST)

Thank you, Angelo. Interesting. I want to try the cross Hymenocallis
occidentalis --hardy down to -5 ° F ( ~ minus 20.56° C) I do not
necessarily expect an easy cross or even that this can occur. My reasoning
is that H. occidentalis might have separated much earlier from the rest of
the Hymenocallis and therefore might have preserved some features that would
enable it to cross with other related similarly structured relatives. The
chriomosome nos. seem not to favor the idea, but are in the realm of
possibility , not unlike lycoris, with the haploid number allowing for some
slippage Of course the opposite is equally likely. The occidentalis could
be more cold hardy because it is more evolved and furher away from its
origin, just as maritimum is further away from its common origin with either
Hymenocallis or Ismene.

This is not ordinarily even worth considering. But I'd like to try it.
Sort of like super wide orchid crosses. Besides it might be interesting to
try to grow P. maritimum.

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Subject: Re: [pbs] Pancratium maritimum - hybrids

To Jim Shields and those interested,

I have tried many times to cross Pancratium maritimum with Hymenocallis
'Tropical Giant' both ways without success, no sure about the fertility of
that Hymenocallis but I know it sets seeds crossed with other species. But
more interesting, I have also tried to cross P. maritimum and P. illyricum
both ways and never got any seed, nor a pod swelling and the fertility of
both species isn't an issue.

best regards
Angelo Porcelli
Apulia - South of Italy

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