----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Mace" <mikemace@att.net> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 6:08 PM Subject: [pbs] Early results from cross-breeding Les Hannibal's Amaryllis > I'm finally getting flowers from some crosses I made of Amaryllis hybrids > from Les Hannibal. The results are puzzling, and I'd love to get > suggestions or words of wisdom from the Amaryllis and plant breeding > experts > on the list. > > Quick background for people who joined the list recently: About 10 years > ago, the late Les Hannibal permitted a number of us to dig Amaryllis bulbs > from his backyard. These were the extras from decades of breeding he had > done -- he threw surplus seeds down the hill and let them grow anywhere. > I > ended up with about 50 bulbs, a mix of whites, light pinks, dark pinks, > etc. > You can see pictures of some of them here: > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… (you'll need > to scroll down a bit) > > I am not a professional plant breeder, but I wanted to see if I could make > some improved forms from the bulbs Mr. Hannibal gave me: match the > superior > size of one plant with the color of another, stuff like that. So I > started > making crosses. Now 10 years later, the first of those crosses are > finally > blooming > > Mike > San Jose, CA > Here are my Amaryllis after fifteen years of tight selection > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/