This brug is loaded with blooms. Three were open enough to polinate today. I used Jutner Orange pollen. The hanging plant is an orchid, probably a vanda.
suaveolens white with orchid
Calalily, were you pollinating last year? Or is this new for you? In previous years all I wanted was to get the spent blooms off so I'd get more blooms. Now I find myself looking for pods not blooms. I blame Brugman for this. He's taught me so much
Liz
These photos were taken today. I was polinating this afternoon. I counted 70 pods.
Thanks to all Brugmans posts and the other Brug growers posts I find myself sitting and studying all my new plants and wondering which would be a good cross to which next year.His enthusiasm for hybridizing is contagious. LOL
Calalily, Wow! 70 pods. Congratulations.
Tell us - 70 pods on what? Did they happen spontaneously or did you pollinate them all? Have you left them all on the plants or are have you cut them and rooting separately? More - tell us more!
I have pods in water(Peaches and Cream) pods on the plants(Aurea yellow crossed with sanguinea) and pods on sanguinea crossed with itself, also a single pod on Roter Vulkan crossed with sanguinea. But 70 pods is more than I can imagine. Give us your secret
Liz
Lots of experimenting!!! I've been pollinating all summer. My hubby and also the GH manager laugh at me when I say that, lol. All of these pods are still on the plants except for two huge pods of Frosty Pink X Jutner Orange. I left them on the plants as long as I felt safe. We were expecting a hard frost so I cut the branch they were on from the plant and stuck it in dirt in a big pot. I cut off the top branches, leaving the whole thing about 18 inches long. It's been 2 weeks now and they are still doing fine.
I have at the garden center (where I spend most of my time) a 14 X 36 green house that we call the Jungle house where all my brugs are. They are in big pots from 5 gallon size to 25 gallon size. The pods are all in there on plants growing in these pots. The Frosty Pink sets seeds easily, followed by Ecuador Pink, Jutner Orange, suaveolens white and last is Isabella.
Calalilly,
I agree wholeheartedly, Frosty pink and Isabella are extremely good seed setters. Versicolors tend to be a tad less productive overall, but anything with suaveolens genes tends to be a good seed setter from my experience. I think much is based on size of the plant though and timing when it comes to hybridizing. Smallest Brugmansia I ever set a seedpod to was a wild peach insignis type-only 1 ft tall or so. My Dr.D, peach versicolor type, set seed on its very first flower....Calalily, I much appreciate the photos you are taking and posting for everyone here.