@SL_gardener Scott
how is your P. chengii Hunan doing ? Bob & i both also got some and they are great
Thank you for the info

SL_gardener said:I've trialed a bunch of podophyllums over the years. Kaleidoscope & Spotty Dotty haven't been very vigorous for me. But P. pleianthum is a beast. And of course I have several native stands of P peltatum scattered about my woodland yard. I just acquired a new podophyllum from Japan over this winter, P. chengii Hunan. I know nothing about it but thought I'd give it a try. I just planted it about a month ago, so obviously too soon to tell, but initial impression is nice variegation. I'm interested to know if you've run across it? I know the taxonomy is a mess, so not sure if it's synonymous with another.

Loving the look of these.

today was a day for gathering more pollen and the Kaleidoscope has jumped up to the top and has a lot of it
i gathered pollen from Kaleidoscope, Imperial sunrise, Red Panda, and one Spotty Dotty was ready


i pollinated most of them with the Kaleidoscope, and with so many different ones i had to make tags











there will be many more next week and i have my fingers crossed all is going as planned

I'm not sure if you can but when I cross sempervivum I put a paper bag over the blooms so the bees don't take the pollen. Amazing how fluffy it is when you do that.

i don't think so
just getting my hands under there with that small tag was pushing it

Far Reaches Farm had a few new ones but were marked as sold out before I looked.
https://www.farreachesfarm.com...

i rushed right over when i got their email

NJBob said:Far Reaches Farm had a few new ones but were marked as sold out before I looked.
https://www.farreachesfarm.com...

They look great!

i guess i should have named them
from left to right
P. difforme - Green Form, P. versipelle subsp. boreale, P. "Red Panda Group"

I would guess you would try crossing the Red Panda with The Red Panda group when it matures.

that would be interesting wouldn't it ?
and it so happens the new RP-group has 2 flowers
but i didn't think of this cross on the first flower but will try on the next one

NJBob said:I would guess you would try crossing the Red Panda with The Red Panda group when it matures.

One of my Spotty Dotty's from last year came up but we have had snow and ice 3 times since it started to emerge so I hope it will be ok.
Wish they had more of the Red Panda group and also liked Podophyllum 'Strong Silent Type' and Navage Clone .

here is what my strong silent type looks like


Navage clone sounds interesting and i probably should have gotten some
but it is the reverse of Imperial Sunset and i am working with 2 of them

Guangxi and SDK
Just seeing how much darker Guangxi is then SDK and not showing the pattern that SDK is starting to show.
Dick does your Guangxi also a dark green or do they look like the Galaxy you have?



SDK



Guangxi



This Spotty Dotty has a different leaf shape then the others, second smaller leaves showing same shape, Overall this one is growing quicker and larger leaved then the others.

Bob
all of the Podophyllum are VERY variable even the Spotty Dotty
i have spotty dotty dark with intense pattern
and i have spotty dotty light green with almost no pattern
tomorrow if i remember i will get some of each and take a pict for you
here are my 2 Guangxi notice they are different
with a SDK & a KSD
even one them has 2 different leaves

Light or dark I hope mine starts showing some pattern. How much light do your plants get? Maybe mine are getting too much with the grow light left on all day for the Veg. starts.

i don't think light makes that much difference
more their DNA and how old they are
the ones i'm working with are in the Greenhouse getting light all day
and the ones in the garden under the Redwoods look the same
here are the Spotty Dottys under the Redwoods

here are a cpl of SD's from the Greenhouse


and here are the Kaleidoscope in the garden


and Kaleidoscope in the GH

They all look so nice , hopefully mine will get pattern with age.
@Julia are your native ones coming up yet? I noticed mine starting today.

Yes, I'll get a picture.

Steve, I home so I could send pollen