Hi Jane, Several species of Calochortus are known to hybridize in the wild where species distributions overlap. Attached is a picture of a list of hybrids compiled in Gerritsen & Parson's book titled Calochortus. I'm sure there are more than those listed. If you are able to send a picture, I'd love to take a look. Best, Adriana On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 10:27 AM Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> wrote: > Calochortus amabilis and several other early species are flowering in my > bulb house now. Beside the several plants of C. amabilis is what appears > to be a self-sown seedling of unusual appearance. While C. amabilis is > bright yellow and usually without purple markings at the base of the > tepals, the seedling is pale yellow with a cloudy lavender zone at the > bases. It's also somewhat hairy. Nearby grow yellow Calochortus > monophyllus, which is also in flower now and has distinct dark markings, > and white Calochortus albus just starting to open. I assumed the new > flower was a hybrid of C. amabilis x monophyllus, given its hairiness, > but I don't know why it would be paler than either parent. Mary > Gerritsen, in her excellent book "Calochortus: Mariposa lilies and their > relatives," notes that C. monophyllus has a natural hybrid with C. > albus, even though the two are in different botanical sections > (monophyllus in Eleganti, albus in Pulchelli; amabilis is in Pulchelli). > Thus, it may be C. monophyllus x albus, despite the plant's proximity to > C. amabilis and the close resemblance of the two in height, leaf and > scape (C. albus is very tall). Calochortus seeds are easily dispersed > when one collects the capsules, and the wind blows them around. > > Has any other grower seen such a Calochortus? Do you know what the > parents are? > > Things like this make me hesitate to send seed of cultivated Calochortus > to exchanges, but few of them are unattractive, or at least curious. > Problems arise when people grow cultivated seed and don't verify at > least the appearance of the resulting seedlings, then pass them on under > the seed parent's name. I'll hope that my new hybrid produces stem > bulbils, as many Calochortus do, so I can propagate it vegetatively. > > The same goes for the "affinis group" of Fritillaria I recently > discussed here, but they do have a rather staggered flowering schedule, > so possibly more dependable. > > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > -- *Adriana I. Hernandez* *Ph.D. student* *Specht Lab <http://blogs.cornell.edu/specht/>* *| School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University* *UC Santa Barbara 11' | Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology* -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 20180428_154121.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1630057 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
