A couple of years ago, PBC (pre Brug Craze) I received some cutting from a friend. Alas, labels lost but it is white with a HUGE seed pod maturing. In close proximity is Jamaican Yellow, which means absoluely zip.
In one of the threads I read tonight, it mentioned a "quadrant" in a seed pod. Does that have any indication of the position of the pollen parent?
Any way of IDing the lineage from the pod? shape? size? Right! Really, Carol, you are dense!
It does seem that the critters are really active here pollinating. Is that usual? Does one want to diss the random pods and concentrate on "created" pods?
O'HO...a question. Imagine that!!
Carol, since it's been a few days and no one has answered you....I'll take a stab. By quadrant, I always thought it meant for example, above the y and with consequent branching the brug tends to have 4 main areas of leaves- note my *beautiful* sketch. My answer could be totally off- I just wanted to say what I thought so that maybe someone that knew could tell us the truth! And I have always heard that if you don't know the pollen parent then there are very few other people who do...ie the bee and a higher power ;-) Hope this opens up your question to more knowledgable discussion. Susanne
Dern, forgot my picture!
Thanks, Susanne...appreciate the help. Hopefully we will hear from some of the higher authorities!!! LOL.
By the way...two of the three cuttings of Isabella have rooted and are growing gangbusters... Thanks!
Aloha
A pod usually resembles the shape of the mother plant.
If you would cross say an aurea pink(Mother) to a versicolor (pollen donor) the pod would be a shorter fatter aurea shape pod rather than a long thinner versicolor pod.
The shape and size of your pod might tell if your white is strongly influenced by versicolor, aurea etc but I don't think it will tell who the daddy is.
Oh good I'm so glad to hear they made that trip relatively unscathed! You'll have to send me pictures when they are blooming and gorgeous. My Isabella is not fairing too well...I put her out in the elements, which in Lubbock the past couple days has meant 40 mph winds and I'm not talking gusts here, thats the average. I think she'll be ok, if she can do what a 7 hour plane ride? :)
That's what I thought snowhermit- that there's not much telling besides a hunch. Thank you for that information. Does you or anyone know what quadrant really refers to?
Try these for what the pods will look like, although they are called tree daturas, they are brugs.
http://www.psicoattivo.it/media/libri/golden/img/g147_p.jpg
http://www.psicoattivo.it/media/libri/golden/img/g146_p.jpg
quadrant refers to an area or volume of something equally divided into 4 sections.
I'd assume the seedpod it was referring to is kind of separated into 4 sections. Other plants have seed pods like that
aHA. Great links, MG99...thanks. According to that, it is a versicolor....KEWL! If the seeds don't mold in this rain (2"per day for 3 days and more to come) I will have seeds to share.
Carol
I think the pods that I've opened only have two sections in them. I don't remember any having more, not that they couldn't. I'm just not that observant. When the pods are ready, I'm tearing into them as if they were gold to be harvested. LOL!
Well the way I had heard it referenced was when picture lady maybe? was talking about pollinating a plant by hand, and that one of the quadrants had broken off...so I don't thinks he meant that the pod itself had quadrants. Who knows, I've confused myself.
So Carol you think Jamaican Yellow is the daddy?
Well...it is the closest. That's all I can go on...either that or Shredded White...both of those are closest. We have Sphinx Moths here that are very busy!!!
Carol