was Amaryllis cross with Clivia
ds429 (Wed, 04 Mar 2015 14:03:54 PST)

Has anyone heard any news about progress in crossing Clivia with Cryptostephanus?

Dell
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On Wed, 3/4/15, Nathan Lange <plantsman@comcast.net> wrote:

Subject: Re: [pbs] Amaryllis cross with Clivia
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 3:25 PM

Most
species of Amaryllis, Clivia, and Hippeastrum have a
chromosome
number of 2n = 22, suggesting
that a hybrid between any two of these
genera is theoretically possible. I suppose
that is part of the
ongoing allure to
attempt these intergeneric crosses. Of course,
there are many potential obstacles to creating
such a hybrid and
success seems extremely
unlikely without embryo rescue. There is
frequent mention of a Clivia x Hippeastrum
hybrid created by the late
Gordon McNeil in
South Africa called 'Green Girl' but there is no
evidence that I can find substantiating the
claim that it is a true
intergeneric cross.
The picture of 'Green Girl' looks like just
another nice Clivia selection:
http://cliviaregister.com/clivia-register.php/…
'Green Girl' appears to be the only
purported intergeneric hybrid
described on
the Clivia Register list.

Nathan

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