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LFH = large-flowered hybrid

1. Before germination  

   bag.jpg (57921 bytes)  bags.jpg (109523 bytes)  bags2.jpg (114940 bytes)

 ^  large-flowered hybrid seeds

2. Germinations  

(there are further germination pictures on the Archives pages)

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C. napaulensis; and 3 pots of large-flowered hybrids 

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Large-flowered hybrids a couple of weeks after germination

Another few batches of new large-flowered hybrid seedlings: bud315.jpg (94652 bytes)  bud316.jpg (129281 bytes) bud322.jpg (93908 bytes) bud323.jpg (102243 bytes) bud324.jpg (107147 bytes) bud325.jpg (118001 bytes) 

       As soon as you have germinations, label them.

 

3. Small newly germinated seedlings; potting-up

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        C. texensis and C. florida seedlings:  turn out of pot:   pot-up, add grit: remove pot...

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                  turn out of pot...   pot-up...  ...and add grit  (photos December 2000)

bud345.jpg (119181 bytes) New large-flowered seedling March '02

4. Seedlings re-emerging after first Winter

You can trace some of these through from seedling to flowering

G59C1.jpg (38612 bytes)        G90B1.jpg (48977 bytes)        G86A1.jpg (48724 bytes)        G76G1.jpg (43085 bytes)        G82B1.jpg (44005 bytes) 

   C. pitcherii               C. texensis              C. new LFH              C. japonica              C. texensis

G66G.jpg (39949 bytes)  G76E1.jpg (25281 bytes)  G42B1.jpg (30012 bytes)  G73J1.jpg (23773 bytes)  G44C1.jpg (25814 bytes)

      C. patens            C. japonica            C. crispa          C. new LFH             C. fusca

(photos January 2001)

5. Early buds 

 

 G85c1.jpg (22893 bytes)     G80E1.jpg (26992 bytes)     G92F1.jpg (52930 bytes)    

C. new LFH            C. new LFH           C. new LFH        

  G73E1.jpg (19412 bytes)      ef1.jpg (57174 bytes)

 C.   new LFH                C. new LFH

Fl2.jpg (57093 bytes)  Fl3.jpg (57419 bytes)  Earlybuds.jpg (27517 bytes)  earlybud2.jpg (27580 bytes) 

C. new LFH       C. new LFH's       More LFHs          C. new LFH 

      Earlybud3.jpg (76991 bytes)  earlybuds4.jpg (96452 bytes)

         C. new LFH       C. new LFHs

(photos Feb/March 2001)

6. Flower bud development (March 2001 to later)

 

  G74FC.jpg (94652 bytes)    G74Fbud.jpg (100882 bytes)    G74Cbud.jpg (79478 bytes)    G72Cbud.jpg (78975 bytes)   

     G74C & 74F           G74F bud               G74C bud                 G72C               

 

 bud35.jpg (41322 bytes) bud1.jpg (55769 bytes)  bud2.jpg (56858 bytes) bud3.jpg (64293 bytes) bud4.jpg (66933 bytes)    

     LFH bud                  LFH bud               LFH bud         blind LFH bud    Bud developing

 

Sequences of development of buds, to flowering. Seedling G72C

bud5.jpg (45545 bytes)  bud6.jpg (29380 bytes)  bud7.jpg (48556 bytes)  bud9.jpg (24137 bytes) 

   bud29.jpg (55961 bytes)  bud30.jpg (50190 bytes) bud37.jpg (54129 bytes) bud38.jpg (111144 bytes)

  bud41.jpg (55197 bytes) bud42.jpg (65786 bytes) bud43.jpg (49241 bytes)  bud44.jpg (49814 bytes) bud45.jpg (45857 bytes)  bud58.jpg (99861 bytes)

Note elongation of stalk (pedicel) as bud develops                   April - May 2001

Seedling G74C

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bud25.jpg (53700 bytes)  bud26.jpg (48001 bytes)  bud31.jpg (54567 bytes)  bud32.jpg (39945 bytes)  bud33.jpg (48423 bytes) bud49.jpg (28246 bytes)

          April-May 2001

Another bud-development sequence...Seedling G74F

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bud21.jpg (56354 bytes) bud27.jpg (36856 bytes)

bud28.jpg (35315 bytes)  bud34.jpg (41156 bytes)

April 2001

 

Seedling G67:

Next sequence..  I thought I'd got good photos at the time, but these images don't really represent just how lovely this bloom turned out to be.

 

 bud19.jpg (58119 bytes)   bud59.jpg (119826 bytes)  bud60.jpg (31515 bytes)  bud67.jpg (55768 bytes)  bud68.jpg (92166 bytes)  bud69.jpg (95227 bytes)

 

Seedling G51A:

  bud20.jpg (45577 bytes)   bud22.jpg (27886 bytes)  bud36.jpg (40014 bytes)  bud46.jpg (25613 bytes)  bud47.jpg (27290 bytes) 

  bud52.jpg (107692 bytes)  bud53.jpg (66343 bytes)  bud54.jpg (42182 bytes)  bud55.jpg (40376 bytes)  bud56.jpg (104602 bytes)  bud57.jpg (27962 bytes)

 

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Seedling G47B attempts a late run toward a first flower in November 2001 - whether it will come to fruition or not with Winter around the corner we'll have to wait and see. Nancy's washing-line in the background. The G47 series has been particularly good. 

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