Hi It always comes in handy to have something small when it comes to hybridizing miniatures. So I was quite delighted to find a tiny (about 6 inches tall) 1W-P in our garden bed. I was even more delighted to…
Flowering now in Canberra
Author: Graham Fleming, Australia
Improved small intermediates and a bulbocodium that is the same size as the intermediates
Hi We have been breeding down with the aim of eventually getting miniatures that have the same qualities as standards. As the photos show we have a couple of seedlings that are just short of miniature in terms of flower…
Flowering in Canberra today
Hi I have attached a photo of one of the smallest flowers we have ever bred. It is a mini micro mini. It is tiny compared to its micro mini seed parent.
Miniatures flowering in Canberra
Hi We some very interesting miniatures opening at the moment. There are some fine exhibition quality miniatures and others which I would describe as good pot miniatures or for the rock garden. There is quite a high proportion of non-all…
ZAIANICUS VAR. ALBIDUS
Dave We have bulbs of what is labelled N. zaianicus var. albidus flowering at the moment. The seed was from Michael Salmon seed. The flowers are very large. Around 40-45mm.
Flowering in Canberra
As indicated in my previous post, a lot of time has been spent hybridising with the aim of producing miniatures with improved perianths. The aim is to produce miniatures that have perianths that overlap and have plenty of texture and…