We have had soggy conditions for days now. I don’t suppose this miniature will stay 8W-G when the sun comes out. Nor I suppose will this one retain its orange cast. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look as if this is going…
N. elegans hybrids
Author: Lawrence Trevanion, Australia
First flower up-over (or down-under)
I’ve been really enjoying the pictures being put up. Keep them coming. I can now boast that I have flowers of my own. 07_04T, a sibling of First Stanza’s, is proving to be reliably the first to flower here, excepting…
Fertility update – Div.8
When I first met Graham Phillips in the 90’s he cheerfully suggested that people interested in breeding in division 7 and 8 should be sent to the madhouse. I have been waiting for a decisive result before writing this update.…
Fertility update – Div.10
It has been an extraordinary year here for bulbocodiums. The intra-sectional hybrids were great company over the winter. The inter-sectional hybrids are exploding in diversity and yielding all sorts of unexpected fertility. The foundation flower for this inter-sectional explosion is…
7W/Y-Y
Hi Bill, I’ve posted photos of what is probably my best flower to date in this color code.
Fertility update – Div.7
The foundational fertile jonquil/main division hybrids are, of course, Limequilla Hillstar and Quickstep (and perhaps Gertrude Nethercote). The key problem is how to reliably introduce the genetics of the best main division hybrids into this group. It is now clear…