My F2 Grow-out

Very cool, Tony! Looks like it may only be a couple of days before you see blooms from some of those buds.

Vine #7 in bloom this morning, a nice purple:-)

Awesome purple! Love the rich colors!

-Nick

That is a nice dark purple! :-)

Vine 4 in bloom today with the large-flowered gene. this one has a pink throat.

Nice bloom Tony. My vine from you is very healthy, just waiting for buds & blooms.

Vines 4 and 7 blooming beside each other. The blooms are about 4-5" in diameter!

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The purple one on vine 7 seems to have a hint f blue streaking, but it was very hard to snap with my camera.

Tony - Lovely blooms! Looking very strong and healthy with big old blooms! Way to go!

Vine 8 in bloom this morning, looks more like Akatsuki no Umi.

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Tony - It sure does look like Akatsuki no Umi! LOL!

Here is an overview of the progeny of Akatsuki no Umi x Early call pink, F2

That's a lot of MGs! :-) Pretty colored blooms.

Here is vine 1 starting to flower. stunning lavender-like color

Vine 2, with the phenotype similar to F1, but seems to have the large- flowered gene, unfortunately, it is not just blue and white :-(

Vine 5 with a starry pattern like star of India.

And lastly, vine 9 with a pale blue color.

My F2 from my 3-way cross should bloom in a matter of weeks, just making buds right now.


Here is also a more uniform flower of vine 8.

Tony - This one is really nice: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=8651668

Finally, my F2 progeny of my 3-way cross starts to bloom. :-) :-) :-)

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And #12, looks more like wedding bells, the others in bloom look similar to the F1

Tony - It appears that there is no absolute determining factor(s) for what the blooms will look like? Or is there a gene pattern here and I am missing it completely? It seems to me that I. nils in particular perhaps have a multitude of genes in their pool and you never know for sure what you will get until you sow, grow, and watch what they produce. Stabilizing them is quite a job which doesn't always work no matter how many grow-outs you do? I've grown out several generations and the only thing I've determined for sure is that it is very hard to get a stable cultivar from seeds. This seems to be most true for I. nils more than any other species of MG.

Interesting experiment and results!

Tony,
Your grow-outs are amazing. I especially like your Pale Pink
*Super Nice*
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=8667669

Emma

Vine #4 from (Akatsuki no Umi x Early call pink, F2) is being selected for evaluation. I just love the super large blooms and it hasn't produced any rust yet, plus, it seems to have very high fertility in making seeds:-)

Lovely large blue bloom! How many are you going to be evaluating?

1 from Akatsuki no Umi x E. call pink F2, and 3 from my 3 way cross. Vines number 6, 10, and 13. I just love the 2 shades of hot pink of a large-flowered phenotype. # 6 seemed to have a pink checker-like pattern contrasting against the bright red as the vine aged, sorry I missed it, my batteries went dead on me, BUMMER! Once I get new batteries, I'll get snap shots of the other 3 I selected. I have never seen a hot pink on a large-flowered MG before. I'm more used to the light and rose shades. I promise to take pictures when I happen to get new batteries:-)


Tony;-)

I'm new here, but wanted to let you know how totally fascinating I find this project of yours! What a wonderful job you're doing and I can't imagine how exciting it is for you...please keep posting, I truly enjoyed following your progress. thanks for sharing it!

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sorry! wrong picture! they are several look alikes!



Here is number 13

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Here is the one with the checker-like pattern with light pink accents in the center of the petal! magnificant:-)
The flowers tend to get these pattens as the plant matures. I also selected this one for evaluation.


Tony