Hemerocallis citrina and nocturnal hybridization

This is a classic spider, and the foundation of my citrina lines. A full sibling to this seedling was the parent of 'Thorhalla' Mahieu '03. That plant was the only purple in the pod of 7 seeds that resulted from the (ORCHID CORSAGE X H citrina) cross.

The below are tetraploid seedlings resulting from crosses of tetraploids with citrina pollen. Both seedlings strongly display citrina's tall, branched scapes and have much narrower segments than the pod parents. It is theorized that citrina produces unreduced gametes that can, thus, combine with the reduced tetraploid gametes producing fully tetraploid progeny. Microscopic examination of citrina pollen reveals many unreduced pollen grains. Both of these seedlings will give pods when pollinated with tet pollen, and vice versa.

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H citrina, clone Baroni opens it's first blooms on the evening of the summer solstice!	Brian Mahieu demonstrating nocturnal hybridization techniques with H. citrina. Beginning in 1995 Mahieu focused his ambitious hybridizing program on this nocturnal species and up to half of his hybridizing was done at night. Subsequent generations of (H. citrina X cultivar) hybrids display extended blooming: most open for over 24 hours. The strictly nocturnal anthesis of H. citrina is recessive to the day-blooming (diurnal anthesis) habit.
H. citrina, clone Baroni. Up to 70 buds and 8-way branching, extremely fragrant.	H. citrina showing the beautiful, lily-like trumpet form
F1 H. citrina Seedlings (ORCHID CORSAGE X H citrina) This is a classic spider, and the foundation of my citrina lines. A full sibling to this seedling was the parent of 'Thorhalla' Mahieu '03. That plant was the only purple in the pod of 7 seeds that resulted from the (ORCHID CORSAGE X H citrina) cross.	(PURPLE ODDITY X H citrina) siblings General characteristics of F1 citrina seedlings The picture of the (PURPLE ODDITY X H citrina) siblings illustrates many of the F1 (citrina X cultivar) traits: Most are nocturnal, many extended bloomers, many pale lemon trumpets and some light reddish purples. Also some and lemon and purple bi-colors. Like citrina, many of the seedlings have great bud counts (30+) and branching (3-5 way) and pronounced fragrance. Extremely fertile pollen and good pod set if pollinated at dusk. Great breeding potential for bi-colored Spiders and Unusual Forms! F1 citrina seedlings displaying the trumpet form.
F2 H. citrina Seedlings JUNGLE FOWL, Mahieu '03 [(ORCHID CORSAGE x H citrina) X TENNESSEE FLYCATCHER] [WILSON SPIDER X (ORCHID CORSAGE x H citrina 3)] pink spider	[WILSON SPIDER X (ORCHID CORSAGE x H citrina 3)] lavender pink variant [RED RIBBONS X (ORCHID CORSAGE x H citrina 3)]
'Marama' daylily F3 from H. citrina	'Stewart Peden Smith' daylily F3 from H. citrina
'Protostar' daylily F3 from H. citrina	'Thorhall The Hunter' F2 H citrina seedling plus 'Tetrina'
'Svenska' daylily: double dose of H citrina in pod parent (25%)	'Orchid Convergence' daylily F2 H citrina seedling
The below are tetraploid seedlings resulting from crosses of tetraploids with citrina pollen. Both seedlings strongly display citrina's tall, branched scapes and have much narrower segments than the pod parents. It is theorized that citrina produces unreduced gametes that can, thus, combine with the reduced tetraploid gametes producing fully tetraploid progeny. Microscopic examination of citrina pollen reveals many unreduced pollen grains. Both of these seedlings will give pods when pollinated with tet pollen, and vice versa. (KALGOORLIE* X H citrina) (SIAMESE ROYALTY* X H citrina)