thank you LeeRoy
i was actively following the UK chaps several years ago when they were very active with Podophyllums
even received some from them but they seem to have lost interest in the Genus lately
if you log into their forum and search Podophyllum you will find my last communication with them in 2017

i have been slowly waiting on the previous crosses to come up to see what they are going to become
Kaleidoscope is much stronger and bigger and has many more flowers the Spotty Dotty
but it looks like the SDK's are a little more robust and seem to have more variation then the KSD's
so will just have to wait til they flower for me
here is an image from this morning

They look much like the parents. Plants look great.

the Kaleidoscope parents is over 18" high and Spotty dotty parents are only about 6"



and the first other that is showing to bloom for a cross this year is Pleiantum



almost all of the Difforme are coming up earlier then others also but i don't seen any buds

Thank you Julia
are yours coming up yet ?

springcolor said:They look much like the parents. Plants look great.

Dick you have so many nice starters. Surprised they are not more popular but seems they are getting harder to find. I was looking for Galaxy and noticed that less places are selling them and the ones that do have just about all as out of stock.

Bob
i don't know why more people are not getting into them
i am offering Spotty Dotty for less then half of the price of Plants Delight and mine are flowering size and age and will not be shippable next month for this price
the plants from China are awesome but the shipping is being held up because of the corona virus
they are being quarantined longer but they will survive it just fine

Dick

wanted to show a better image of the Pleiantum coming up for the first cross this year
will cross it with both Kaleidoscope & Spotty Dotty

Red Panda & Brown Panda are from a cross of P. delavayi x pleianthum




& Imperial sunrise is from P. delavayi x versipelle


i'm hoping crossing Kaleidoscope & Spotty Dotty with Pleianthum will produce something even more interesting

Those are all great looking plants.

it is that time of the year with Podo's i am paying intensely more attention to them coming up
and one of the Pleianthum's has become a mystery.
the others are green and the mystery one is dark


the only dark i am familiar with are delavayi
so i took an image of one of the delavayi coming up in the garden this morning


looks similar color but different
will have to wait til the mystery completely unfolds to see what i looks like

i have another quandary
what should i pollinate Red Panda with ? or should i pollinate it ?
it looks like my Red Panda is also going to flower this year

The pattern on Starfish would look interesting on the red color if it worked out that way. Or since you have had good luck with crossing with Kaleidoscope it should be worth trying.

i don't see any flower buds on any of the Difforme


Kaleidoscope is becoming the father of almost all my crosses
but it should be interesting

Yes most of mine are up.


Red Panda


Starfish


Spotty Dotty

Bob, the one native to your area is not up and a few others. Today is the warmest day yet this year. Hope to see the others soon.

looking good Julia
your starfish even looks like one is going to bloom

maybe you should try the cross Bob is suggesting

Julia it looks like your Spotty Dotty is spreading , hope mine does that for me. But I do not expect to see anything till mid May around here.

I bought that about 4 years ago and it came in a 2 gal container. Was a great purchase for 40 dollars. At the time I though, are you crazy girl but I've enjoyed it so much.

Dick I was going to ask the other day about Brown Panda, never heard or could find info on that one. Great looking plant.

Nursery in Belgium
probably made the same cross and didn't want to impose on the Red Panda name
http://www.greenmilenursery.be...