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Earlisbubba said:




I'm trying to use these in some breeding. The white one is a hibiscus dasycalyx and the smaller light pink one is a hibiscus laevis. I found them both growing wild and propagated them. The Lord Baltimore was held there for scale.
I'm also growing a few hibiscus grandiflorus and aculeatus from seed to cross with my others. Not sure if the aculeatus is compatible or not.?

Hibiscus dasycalyx, H. moscheutos, H. laevis, H. grandiflorus, and H. coccineus are all members of Hibiscus section Muenchhusia and will cross with each other. Hibiscus aculeatus is in Hibiscus section Furcaria and they usually don't cross sections. Although they don't usually cross with other sections there are occasionally exceptions, so it might be worth a try to experiment. One such case is Hibiscus moscheutos is said to cross with Hibiscus mutabilis (section Venusti), but only if H. mutabilis is used as the seed parent. So if you decide to experiment make sure you use both species as pod and pollen parents to see which works, if any.