Purple Pedicles bloomed

leafmould · Post by **leafmould** » Apr 01, 2007 2:15 pm

Well, it was purple..as the bud swelled the pedicles slowly turned scarlet. This hybrid seedling opened up last night but I waited to take some pics in natural light this morning. I think this one might be my favourite so far.
This is a seedling where I crossed my best structured foliage with my best flowers.
This flower sparkles with iridescent magenta. Even the white border on the lobes has metallic like sparkles.
A garden friend dropped by this morning and said,
" I wish I could get a peony with that colour"
.. that sounded very strange.
whatdoyouthink ?

leafmould · Post by **leafmould** » Apr 01, 2007 2:18 pm

wzbt03 · Post by **wzbt03** » Apr 01, 2007 2:40 pm

Outstanding pictures!

Very cool color.
What do you usually expect when it opens up compared to how it looks just before?

MikeWI · Post by **MikeWI** » Apr 01, 2007 3:53 pm

Request to Leafy... Great flower shot but could you also complement it with a pic of the whole plant?

I must say that your flower 'program' is spectacular. I've never seen such intensity in color in any hosta flower.

have you tried pushing the color gene's into any of the plantigenea?

leafmould · Post by **leafmould** » Apr 01, 2007 4:41 pm

WZ, do you have a name ?

WZ asks,

Very cool color.
What do you usually expect when it opens up compared to how it looks just before?

Thanks WZ. mostly I don't have a clue

The outer corona colour/pattern on an unopened bud isn't always indicitive of whats inside. This one really surprized me as the unopened bud showed no white stripe and no red. The red developed as the bud swelled.
When it opened the blend of red and purple made me do a happy dance :lol:

MikeWI asks,

Request to Leafy... Great flower shot but could you also complement it with a pic of the whole plant?

Sure Mike

this seedling has a lot going on,

'Korean Snow' x 'Spritzer'
X
'Amethyst Star'
X
'Amethyst Star'
x
'Black Star sis' x Black 'Star'

This seedling is not very big, I post a pic of it and its parents. This should give you an idea of the foliage?shape.
I must say that your flower 'program' is spectacular. I've never seen such intensity in color in any hosta flower.

Thank you Mike, it is so much more to see it with a human eye. A digi can only go so far. The above pics are pretty close though.

have you tried pushing the color gene's into any of the plantigenea?
I have a large family of Plantaginea xBlack Star crosses, all very fragrant. I also have many streaked, dark flowered fragrant hybrids.
I posted earlier' Dark Fragrant' showing a leaf of a Dark fragrant hybrid x A red fragrant hybrid.
This summer I will start to show 'Sweet Darkness' and her evil offspring

Thanks for your interest Guys

ademink · Post by **ademink** » Apr 01, 2007 5:23 pm

Unbelievable color and a beautiful flower shape, as well! Wonderful patience in producing this beauty!

I look forward to seeing the whole plant.

Andrea

MikeWI · Post by **MikeWI** » Apr 01, 2007 5:27 pm

have you tried pushing the color gene's into any of the plantigenea?
I have a large family of Plantaginea xBlack Star crosses, all very fragrant. I also have many streaked, dark flowered fragrant hybrids.
I posted earlier' Dark Fragrant' showing a leaf of a Dark fragrant hybrid x A red fragrant hybrid.

Wondering if with the push into plantigenea you are also seeing an increase in the flower size while changing the flower color. It's hard to visualize flower pic size from the detailed shots.

leafmould · Post by **leafmould** » Apr 01, 2007 9:21 pm

Hi Mike

Mike asks,

Wondering if with the push into plantigenea you are also seeing an increase in the flower size while changing the flower color. It's hard to visualize flower pic size from the detailed shots.
To give you a size indication, the pedicle on the above bloom is 1 1/4" long.
I have learned to identify markers on very young seedlings that will express the type of flowers I am breeding for...sometimes. Generally, you grow lots. Each grex will bloom indoors around the same time,making it easy to compare. When similar blooms occur, the larger is always chosen. With each generation, the flowers increase in size.
Because of the dark pigment, even a smaller bloom has a bigger visual impact than say, a white Plantaginea bloom.
The biggest hybrid flowers I have, do have plantaginea in the back ground, so yes, plant. has had an affect on flower size. These darker hybrid flowers I have been showing are all bigger than most hosta flowers I see here ( I stopped counting at a thousand cultivars).I have been able to match a comparable flower size to plant, butI have not though been able so far to get a bigger flower than plant. @ 61/4" long.
We were discussing in another post about baby seedling pics. This first pic is the grand father of the above magenta flower.
('Korean Snow' x 'Spritzer') x 'Amethyst Star'

I'll also post a pic of Mom

I am on a dial up so I won't post anymore pics

leafmould · Post by **leafmould** » Apr 01, 2007 9:52 pm

correction, the last pic is that of the Great grand parent
'K Snow X 'Spritzer'

eastwood2007 · Post by **eastwood2007** » Apr 01, 2007 11:44 pm

Those are soooo cool!!!

MikeWI · Post by **MikeWI** » Apr 02, 2007 12:10 pm

wow, those will make for some very interesting plants in the next couple of years with some maturity... great work.

renaldo75 · Post by **renaldo75** » Apr 02, 2007 2:22 pm

1st of all the flower is

!! A nice surprise when you thought you had a pretty good idea of what it'd be like. Amazing none-the-less!!

It would be so much fun to see you in action when you're hybridizing & down working in the dungeon.

I think you need a videographer.

pauhaus · Post by **pauhaus** » Apr 02, 2007 4:22 pm

Just amazing!

Congrats.

newtohosta-no more · Post by **newtohosta-no more** » Apr 03, 2007 7:09 am

That bloom is just stunning!!