Australis said:Statistically you're likely to get better results with a 4N Asiatic, but 2N can work under the right circumstances (I myself have seedlings growing from what is very likely a 3N x 2N cross - the L/A 'Mapira' as pod parent and the dwarf Asiatic 'Tiny Rocket' as pollen parent).
Australis said:Hi Teresa,
L/A hybrids (Longiflorum-Asiatic) hybrids are almost almost always triploids (3N), which means that they are often pollen-sterile (I would be very interested to know if anyone has ever gotten viable seed using a triploid as the pollen parent).
Australis said:
Unfortunately there are two 'Pink Tiger' cultivars registered (one by Laan and the other by Woodriff). The Woodriff one is a parent of 'Tiger Babies' and is an AT. This might be difficult to set seed on. If you have the Laan cultivar, though, then I'd say your odds are good - it is the parent of other several Asiatics, such as 'Pink Giant'. The Laan cultivar is very likely a diploid. My guess is that since you mention bulbils on your 'Pink Tiger' that you have the Woodriff cultivar, as it is the only one of the two that the RHS register mentions having bulbils.
Australis said:
I can't find 'Dancing Eyes' in the RHS register, unfortunately, so can't tell you anything about that one.
TsFlowers said:P.S. If there are viable seeds from the "seedling", I did not manually pollinate any of the flowers at all. It would totally be self-pollinated or open-pollinated.
Flower aspect is encoded as:
a up-facing
b out-facing
c down-facing
Flower form is encoded as:
a trumpet-shaped
b bowl-shaped
c flat (or with only tepal-tips recurved)
d with tepals recurved (i.e. with more than just the tip recurved or reflexed and with the Turk’s cap form as the ultimate state)