S. leucophylla var. alba (HCW F x MKL042)
May 16, 2016 17:40:05 GMT -5
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Post by meizzwang on May 16, 2016 17:40:05 GMT -5
First off, the parents to this plant is S. leucophylla var. alba Hurricane creek white clone F Baldwin Co, AL crossed with S. leucophylla var. alba 'yellow flower' Washington Co, AL.
What do you get when you cross the best original hurricane creek white clone with a difficult to grow but highly desirable, yellow flowered super white alba variant from Washington Co, AL? I dunnooooooo, something neat and bright white! This "hybrid" cross between two genetically different S. leucophylla var. albas from 2 different populations looks like a mix between both parents, although it seems to be leaning more on the leucophylla var. alba MKL042 clone: it's tall and skinny. The "head" has a slight hurricane creek white shape to it.
In general, when you take 2 pure bred species lines (for example, let's say a flava rugelii and a rosea) and cross them together, the hybrid offspring tend to look like a mix between both parents, and there's usually increased vigor compared to the parent plants. HCW clone F is very vigorous, although MKL042 is rather slow growing. Since the S. leucophylla var alba (HCW clone F x MKL042) offspring appear to be a mix between both parents and also appear to have decent vigor, this suggest both parents are pure inbred lines (ATTN breeders:this gives you serious insight in future breeding projects should you decide to work with either of these parents).
I only had about 7 seedlings make it from this cross, and so far it seems there are 2 keepers. The others might be nice, but I can't tell yet. Anyhow, on to the photos!
So here's S. leucophylla var. alba (HCWF x MKL042), Photos taken 5/14/16:
Don't take this the wrong way, but this picture reminds me of Donald Trump's side view profile for some reason or another, LOL
When I think of S. leucophylla var. alba, I think of this:
Considering this clone produces pretty impressive spring pitchers, it'll be exciting to see what the fall pitchers look like. To be continued.....
What do you get when you cross the best original hurricane creek white clone with a difficult to grow but highly desirable, yellow flowered super white alba variant from Washington Co, AL? I dunnooooooo, something neat and bright white! This "hybrid" cross between two genetically different S. leucophylla var. albas from 2 different populations looks like a mix between both parents, although it seems to be leaning more on the leucophylla var. alba MKL042 clone: it's tall and skinny. The "head" has a slight hurricane creek white shape to it.
In general, when you take 2 pure bred species lines (for example, let's say a flava rugelii and a rosea) and cross them together, the hybrid offspring tend to look like a mix between both parents, and there's usually increased vigor compared to the parent plants. HCW clone F is very vigorous, although MKL042 is rather slow growing. Since the S. leucophylla var alba (HCW clone F x MKL042) offspring appear to be a mix between both parents and also appear to have decent vigor, this suggest both parents are pure inbred lines (ATTN breeders:this gives you serious insight in future breeding projects should you decide to work with either of these parents).
I only had about 7 seedlings make it from this cross, and so far it seems there are 2 keepers. The others might be nice, but I can't tell yet. Anyhow, on to the photos!
So here's S. leucophylla var. alba (HCWF x MKL042), Photos taken 5/14/16:
Don't take this the wrong way, but this picture reminds me of Donald Trump's side view profile for some reason or another, LOL
When I think of S. leucophylla var. alba, I think of this:
Considering this clone produces pretty impressive spring pitchers, it'll be exciting to see what the fall pitchers look like. To be continued.....