JungleShadows said:I tried to cross reds and purples with ‘Plastic’ last year in order to get versions of 'Plastic' in those shades. The result? ONE seedling up. I'll try again this year and may use 'Plastic' pollen instead of setting seed on it. 'Weirdo' did about as well. From every flower crossed with 'Unicorn' I have one seedling up. I did expect the problems with 'Weirdo' as its flowers are very abnormal but the flowers on 'Plastic' LOOK normal. Could be my choice of parents too. Some combinations don't make much viable seed.
Anyway, I'm sure I would like a version of this plant in different colors and maybe twice as large too.
Kevin
JungleShadows said:Lynn,
If I get a real dark grey seedling from 'Plastic' I'll have to name it TEFLON! Oh that would cause Ed Skrocki to howl! I remember when I crossed his 'Olivette' with a red and got 'Stuffed Olive'. He howled over that too! Last year I self-pollinated a stalk of 'Stuffed Olive' to try and get some more olive tones a brighter red. The seedlings are definitely showing red centers already.
OK, Ed had named his 'Olivette' because it looked liked olives. Of course my thought was "it would look MORE like an olive with a PIMENTO stuffing it". So I made the cross with 'Malby's #2' and 'Stuffed Olive' was one of the seedlings that looked most like a stuffed olive. Ed SCREAMED WITH HYSTERIA when I sent him a piece. He thought it was a great joke to one-up his hybrid by "stuffing it" and wished he had thought of the name.
The 'Stuffed Olive' incident happened about 1974. It really stung Eddie! I was 20 then!
Kevin
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