New Galanthus Crosses

[johnw]

Photos just arrived from a friend in Germany. He has been crossing Galanthus and here are the results scanned:

G. gracilis x G. plicatus

G. Gerard Parker x G. Diggory

G. reginae-olgae vernalis x G. Wendy's Gold

Martin  - I thought you might be interested in the latter. He got the four seedlings from this cross with green markings and four with yellow markings but all four had green ovaries.  I have to wonder if these latter might be more vigorous than other yellows.

The photo is only 68Kb but seems large.

johnw

[Paul T]

Fascinating, John.  So do the reginae-olgae hybrids flower earlier than normal?

[johnw]

Paul - He did not say when they flowered.  Of a group of gracilis seedings several were large flowered and had plicatus type leaves.

johnw

[Paul T]

Cool.  Great to see some variation in the seedlings.

[Martin Baxendale]

Thanks for posting the seedling pics, John. It's always useful to see what results others get, especially with the yellows. In the past I've found that Wendy's Gold can produce very disappointing seedlings with no yellow or very greenish yellow. The hybridity of these seedlings should impart vigour, but then reginae-olgae vernalis isn't the most vigorous of species, so it may be a case of swings and roundabouts.