Viewing post #2561474 by Nightlily

Dennis616 said:Would a tet kid from Europa be exciting or interesting to people? A Europa kid would be fairly rare, though I do see 11 officially registered kids. Would it have to be a particularly unique bloom to generate interest, or would its closeness to the species alone make it of interest? Europa is one incredibly tough plant so it would seem possible if not likely that its kids could also be exceptionally tough. Perhaps that would generate interest.
I know I would feel some excitement about getting some viable seeds, just curious what the general interest in a tet Europa kid might be. Any thoughts?

Europa

There are some diploid H. fulva clones available - all are quite the same invasive as the triploid version is (in my garden I grow H. fulva rosea and H. fulva littorea - both diplois). I think it would be easier to convert these into tetraploids, if you want to create a species-like looking tet plant. As far as I know they all flower at least a little later and a little longer as the triploids (Europa and Kwanso).

Gil Stelter from Gryphon Garden works on H. fulva hybrids and has a great knowledge about the hole issue (he identified one of my 'fulvous plants' as Margaret Perry); he did what you want to do several times successfully - maybe he can help you with his experience?

http://www.gryphongardens.ca/c...

I grow some seedlings out of Gryphon Stanley Saxton (a tetraploid seedling out of a fulva clone) - up to now they are not really special (two example):