I crossed an Amaryllis Picote (the mother) with an Amaryllis Naranja (father). Does anyone have any idea of what color the offspring will be? I figure this will take 3 years for the offspring, so just wondering what I might look forward to.

There's really no way to predict, I don't think. They could look like one or the other, or any of the parents of those two plants.

And the results will vary depending upon which is the pollinator and the recipient. It would be good if each plant had two flowers. Its recommended that you remove the pollen sacks from the recipient before they open so it doesn't come into contact with the stigma and accidentally pollinate itself.

The orange was the pollinator and the white one was the recipient. I did remove the anthers from the white one, the recipient. I guess I should have also pollinated the orange one with the white one at the same time, so I could see the difference in the offspring both ways. And I only grew Amaryllis from seed one time. Seems to me they took a while to sprout -- does anyone know how long? I put them in soil, not floating in water.

Hi cwhitt. The result will be in great variation. It can be intermediate of the parents but it can also express the color and shape that hidden from ressesive genes. My guess they will come in pink orangey with some stripe 😀

I have cross some amaryllis. Yes it took about 3 years to flower. Make your self busy with another cross each season. And suddenly you will find the seedling from ancient crosses that you almost forget will bloom. It so much fun to find them blooming for the first time. Have a good luck to get really nice ones 😊

An orange/white striped (or edged) flower is what I hope for most.But I don't know enough about genetics to know if that was possible. I planted most of the seeds. Gave about 1/3 of them to a friend to also plant. Still have a few more left in the fridge, just in case the first ones don't sprout. I figured if I plant most of the seeds, would hopefully get at least one flower that looks great. And one more thing -- I am new here - how in the world do I place those little icons i see on the bottom of the page into my post? I copy and paste them, and have tried dragging them, but all I get is the image location, not the actual little icon -- I would like to post that little "Thank You" icon.

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cwhitt said:The orange was the pollinator and the white one was the recipient. I did remove the anthers from the white one, the recipient. I guess I should have also pollinated the orange one with the white one at the same time, so I could see the difference in the offspring both ways. And I only grew Amaryllis from seed one time. Seems to me they took a while to sprout -- does anyone know how long? I put them in soil, not floating in water.

Hey Christie,
Four years later - curious to know what were the results of these - good, bad or indifferent, as I have done a similar thing `Naranja` pollinated with `Christmas Gift`?

@wibbly Here they are. You can see on one flower the pistols are white, and on another they are orange. I am now working on a second generation, which should also bring different results. Do you like them?

@cwhitt
Yes, very nice It will be interesting to see how mine turn out as I did the reverse to you (white to orange)
Hmm 3-4 years - hope I live that long

@wibbly That is exactly what I thought - hoped I would live that long. so to that end, I recruited a couple of friends to help me. I will be interested to see what you get. I did some reading on genetics, and the way genes work, you should get more color combinations on your second generation. So when you get flowers from generation 1, cross them back to themselves. The hidden genes should then show up in generation 2 -- of course that means another 3-4 years!!

@cwhitt

Oh no! another 3-4 years.
I think I may have been sent up the chimney by then

These are the crosses and selfs i`m in the process of doing - some with seeds already planted, and waiting on the seed pods to ripen for the others.
Minerva x Minerva.
Apple Blossom x Christmas Gift.
Christmas Gift x Christmas Gift.
Apple Blossom x Minerva.
Christmas Gift x Minerva.
Christmas Gift x Naranja.
Apple Blossom x Naranja.

Will be interested to see what you get with Apple Blossom x Naranja - if it takes.
I have found Picotee to be friendly with crosses. And Naranja is one of my favorites. You need to find a friend to foster some of your babies - that way, if you do go up the chimney, someone will know what crosses you made, and can carry on for you!

Oh it has `taken` ok - i`m just waiting for the pods to ripen off. `Apple Blossom` pollen has taken well with everything bar itself so far

Good idea looking for a fosterer even though it wouldn`t help me much if they`ve whizzed me up the chimney