Hippeastrum breeding report

One of the apple blossom x gervase pods has aborted. The other one looks good. On the other hand, another pod on that same scape is fattening up and I know I didn't pollinate it, so I may have something else going on there. We'll see.

The one gervase x apple blossom looks good.

No change on the flowers I pollinated with 'papilio' yesterday. I'll hit them with another dose tomorrow.

Papilio x emerald bud is fatter than ever.

One of my 2006 keepers has deigned to open. It has good color and two scapes so I'll absolutely keep it. This year, I think I'll code the bulbs according to the number of bits of string I put around them so that I can pull a half dozen keepers from both batches and this time absolutely, positively trash the rest.

The bulbs on the Class of 2011 NOID x Gervase cross are the size of marbles so some potting on will be called for soon and very soon. My hippeastrum x chicos still look small but now that I'e seen an adult papilio I'm not surprised.

This is much more fun than coleus. I'm down to five or six varieties, mostly those with important provenance.