Guest Hybridizer: Jane Mahan
Spring Song Gardens
Jane was kind enough to send along images of the parents in the cross, these will be first then full sized images of the seedlings to follow. Jane's comments are in quotations.
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Below are three of Jane's seedlings from the above cross. When crossing a self daylily (one solid color) with an eyed or patterned daylily the two types of coloration will often neutralize eachother. However, I think this is an exciting cross and I would recommend a back-cross to VINCENT VAN GOGH to recover the purple eye, and perhaps the other patterning. These patterns would be very striking on a deep purple like the pod parent. The third seedling is displaying the beginnings of the "snakeskin trait" : rectangular areas of darker color on a lighter ground. I have been working to stabilize this trait, it is the inverse of darker veining.
"This is the third seedling to bloom from the same pod. The eye is very distinct, as you may see, and the mottling is quite pronounced. It becomes less visible as the bloom ages." -- Jane
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This is a beautiful
seedling. Again, the self and the watermark trait are tending
to neutralize eachother, but the form is great. A back-cross
to Moroccan Sapphire, or a sib-cross could stabilize the lavender
watermark on a deep carmine bloom. Wow!
"At this time, 2 of several seeds have bloomed, both are alike in some respects, but different in color. The second one to bloom seems to have a tinge of merlot (or whatever - brownish wine) & bi-tone. The first one to bloom is a very vibrant, clear color, with a large throat extending onto the tepals & a distinct wine-colored eye. At this time, it is also about 6 inches taller. These are 3-year-old plants." --Jane
Seedlings from a cross of (CARMINE IBIS X HEAVENLY CURLS)
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Jane Mahan seedling: (CARMINE IBIS X HEAVENLY CURLS) 4 inch bloom.
This is an exciting cross, I think a sib-cross would be a good idea to recover the intensely crispate form of Heavenly Curls combined with the strong coloration of Carmine Ibis. When sib crossing or back crossing to a parent it is critical to rogue out any plants that are weak before they bloom. The type of line breeding I suggest here is a powerful hybridizing tool, but must be used with discretion if hybrid vigor is to be maintained! An alternative would be an out cross to a plant of similar color with the exact form you want. Rarely can one attain the perfect combination of form and coloration in the first generation (F1). -- Brian
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