JungleShadows said:Aymon Correvon and Purdy's 90-1 look to be wulfenii X montanum. Both of the parets are diploids and must be different enough in chromosome organization that meiotic cells get odd numbers of chromosomes and fragments. Most years I get a bunch of chaff from these two hybrids. In fact, I was looking at my old notebook yesterday and I tried for three years, from '69-'71 to get seedlings from Purdy's 90-1 and nothing. I'm hoping the bees in Oregon are smarter. Fingers crossed!
Sometimes when you get a seedling out of one of these mules the seedling behaves with much higher fertility. So I just need ONE (or two is better so I could cross the two of them!). Would love to see a plant with more the rosette form of wulfenii but with the wonderful velvety leaves from montanum.
Kevin
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