Flowers of B. aurea Rothkirch in bright afternoon sunshine.
This Wildform has become a very important breeding partner and is a parent of many beautiful hybrids.
B. aurea Rothkirch
I love that one!!! Of course, I am partial to aurea hybrids.
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Wow!! Just beautiful.
Great pic monika.......
Wow!!!! What a beautiful flower.
Monika, so beautiful, is it hard to root?
hoping to get one of these someday. Monika, hope you have time to post more. also wish your book was in english. maybe i should buy it in german for the pics?
A must in every Brugmansia hybridizers stock :) I bet, that she has been the mother of many excellent red(ish) crosses ... Monika, are these long tendrils inherited by the offspring, when she is used in different crosses?
I also like the shape. Basicly it has the same shape as my wildspecies. However, the tube is more narrow in RK and the margin slightly broader :)
Monika, I remember, that you mentioned, that you like to make a hybrid identical to RK by crossing and backcross again and again. Will it be possible to create one that come true from seeds (yield plants reasonably similar to RK?
It would be great, if you do. I understand, that RK is of wild origin, but that all the original RK came of clones of the same mother ... :)
Beautiful, Monika. Gets prettier and prettier!
The available RK plants are all clones of the same mother. It was unknown until RK was discovered, that pink aureas do exist. Therefore it cannot be pollinated with their clones. RK is a very valuable plant.
The long tendrils are often seen in the offspring but the growth also. Thats the reason, why I am so unhappy about my double pink. In the generative zone, the branches reach far out and then hang down, almost like a weeping willow. The flowers come on short thin branches. A two year old plant can easely reach a diameter of 5m within one year. RK cannot be pruned to deep. It quits flowering.
Yes, from the looks of her she is on my favorites list...never mind her children as well which have stolen my heart already.
Rothkirch has been and will be a strong factor in my breeding program. So will EP and I hardly can await to see the first flowers of my EP x Rothkirch - children. By then I will know more about the breeding value of EP.
Monika have you any trouble with viruses on Rothkirch?
RK does not show any signs of being infected. But it probably will be.
Monika..When I use EP it carries color rather well into the offspring.....I use it a lot when crossing colored forms..not so much with white crosses
Monika, how do i buy your book? thanks.......
You can order my book by amazon. Just look for Engelstrompeten Monika Gottschalk. There are also links in google to it.
I hope that there will be at least one equal plant to B. x candida Rosea in my cross of EP x Rothkirch. Rosea was a very beautiful natural hybrid. It doesnt exist anymore. The guy who had it refused to give any cutting to us (there had been enuogh trustworthy people in our group, Kyle)- now its lost.
Okay,...I will give my left thumb for a cutting of Rothkirch...I can't stand it any longer...anyone want a thumb...left one has a scar from pruning a Frosty pink so it may be good for hybridizing as I remeber a bit of pollen getting stuck under it as well....
Upping thumb offer to both thumbs...any takers?
Would you believe this was a mistake? I must add that I still have both thumbs in the freezer for any takers.
How to manage it?
Eric, After seeing this picture and seeing what Monika gets using it in crosses there just HAS to be a way to get a plant or pollen.Somewhere, someway, somehow.