Breeding campanulata
May 30, 2011 22:12:44 GMT -10
Post by leilani on May 30, 2011 22:12:44 GMT -10
A few years back I did a good number of crosses with the same male campanulata. Altogether, I attempted about 15 or so different combinations with the females that happened to be in bloom at the time. My efforts were fairly successful with about 10 or so of the combinations surviving.
N. lavacola x campanulata NN4790944
The BE N. lavacola clone I have is a bit of a freak show so I did not have great hopes for this cross. Some survived but they have been slow to grow.
N. Hamakua (thorelii x spectabilis) x campanulata NN1110735
This is one of my favorites and one of very few I have done a second time. Great colors and patterning on the pitchers and a very distinctive infundibular pitcher shape. Like most complex combination this cross produced a range of expression. Fortunately, the most desirable characteristics were preserved in all the siblings. Except for a single exception, all of the siblings have been robust growers and after reaching adolescence they lost their initial resemblance to the paternal campanulata as regards leaf structure and growth pattern while retaining its influence in pitcher morphology. The odd man out in this crossing was a single sibling that would seem to be expressing some recessed characteristic of its maternal grandmother "N. thorelii" ( .. not sure what Indochina species this may have been). This particular specimen remains relatively small and campanulata-esk while developing a large root structure from which it produces multiple basal nodes. N. campanulata itself produces a similar root structure but, in this case, it definitely looks more like the roots of a N. viking or something similar.
N. Nephthys Wrigleyana x campanulata NN3081004
So far, this one has stayed fairly small and campanulata-like. All the sibling seem to have taken their coloration and patterning from the mother while deriving their pitcher shape and growth pattern ( ... at least so far) from the campanulata father. N. Wrigleyana gets some interesting patterning and, on a small campanulata-like pitcher, it catches the eye.
N. sanguinea x campanulata NN1130355
I know these are out in the nursery somewhere but have not checked on them recently.
N. Carmen spathulata x campanulata NN3071054
These are coming along nicely. Strong campanulata influence in the seedling. An interesting pitcher shape and a large peristome ( ... usually reduced in campanulata hybrids). I'm not sure where these are going but they do look interesting.
N. Destiny (thorelii x densiflora) x campanulata NN3461110
Dark red and campanulata like as seedling but slow to grow.
N. Polydorus Rokko x campanulata NN1210680
A quick and robust grower that looks very much like a campanulata in both pitcher shape and leaf expression at least up until adolescence when it loses the campanulata look and becomes much more like a rokko. The really great surprise for me was that, as the first of these started producing uppers, the campanulata influence seems to return in the pitchers.
N. Red Princess tobaica x campanulata NN3191130
Very nice red campanulata like pitchers and growth patterning. These look promising but, again, I'm not sure what will happen as they mature. So far they are staying small and sweet.
N. Menehune (ventricosa x campanulata) NN0970525
Not real exciting in color but having obvious campanulata influence as regard pitcher shape this hybrid is a fairly quick and vigorous grower. Combined with the relative short internodal growth of ventricosa this campanulata hybrid seems to remain pretty compact and controlable.
N. Caladium maxima x campanulata NN3500955
As with all of these hybrids this combination starts out showing a lot of campanulata influence.
As it begins to grow beyond the seedling stage both pitcher shape and leaf morphology begin to change with both becoming more elongated.
A little further down the line the campanulata influence seems to recess almost altogether.
It remains to be seen just where this cross will go from here but hopefull, as with N. Polydorus, we may see the campanulata influence return when it matures enough to produce uppers.
N. lavacola x campanulata NN4790944
The BE N. lavacola clone I have is a bit of a freak show so I did not have great hopes for this cross. Some survived but they have been slow to grow.
N. Hamakua (thorelii x spectabilis) x campanulata NN1110735
This is one of my favorites and one of very few I have done a second time. Great colors and patterning on the pitchers and a very distinctive infundibular pitcher shape. Like most complex combination this cross produced a range of expression. Fortunately, the most desirable characteristics were preserved in all the siblings. Except for a single exception, all of the siblings have been robust growers and after reaching adolescence they lost their initial resemblance to the paternal campanulata as regards leaf structure and growth pattern while retaining its influence in pitcher morphology. The odd man out in this crossing was a single sibling that would seem to be expressing some recessed characteristic of its maternal grandmother "N. thorelii" ( .. not sure what Indochina species this may have been). This particular specimen remains relatively small and campanulata-esk while developing a large root structure from which it produces multiple basal nodes. N. campanulata itself produces a similar root structure but, in this case, it definitely looks more like the roots of a N. viking or something similar.
N. Nephthys Wrigleyana x campanulata NN3081004
So far, this one has stayed fairly small and campanulata-like. All the sibling seem to have taken their coloration and patterning from the mother while deriving their pitcher shape and growth pattern ( ... at least so far) from the campanulata father. N. Wrigleyana gets some interesting patterning and, on a small campanulata-like pitcher, it catches the eye.
N. sanguinea x campanulata NN1130355
I know these are out in the nursery somewhere but have not checked on them recently.
N. Carmen spathulata x campanulata NN3071054
These are coming along nicely. Strong campanulata influence in the seedling. An interesting pitcher shape and a large peristome ( ... usually reduced in campanulata hybrids). I'm not sure where these are going but they do look interesting.
N. Destiny (thorelii x densiflora) x campanulata NN3461110
Dark red and campanulata like as seedling but slow to grow.
N. Polydorus Rokko x campanulata NN1210680
A quick and robust grower that looks very much like a campanulata in both pitcher shape and leaf expression at least up until adolescence when it loses the campanulata look and becomes much more like a rokko. The really great surprise for me was that, as the first of these started producing uppers, the campanulata influence seems to return in the pitchers.
N. Red Princess tobaica x campanulata NN3191130
Very nice red campanulata like pitchers and growth patterning. These look promising but, again, I'm not sure what will happen as they mature. So far they are staying small and sweet.
N. Menehune (ventricosa x campanulata) NN0970525
Not real exciting in color but having obvious campanulata influence as regard pitcher shape this hybrid is a fairly quick and vigorous grower. Combined with the relative short internodal growth of ventricosa this campanulata hybrid seems to remain pretty compact and controlable.
N. Caladium maxima x campanulata NN3500955
As with all of these hybrids this combination starts out showing a lot of campanulata influence.
As it begins to grow beyond the seedling stage both pitcher shape and leaf morphology begin to change with both becoming more elongated.
A little further down the line the campanulata influence seems to recess almost altogether.
It remains to be seen just where this cross will go from here but hopefull, as with N. Polydorus, we may see the campanulata influence return when it matures enough to produce uppers.
I wonder if Carmen will follow suit, given the expressiveness of spathulata's genes in many of its offspring.
