Thursday, June 23, 2011

Chimera Streptocarpus?

I arrived back from Paris today to find this very interesting blossom on a plant of Streptocarpus 'Texas Hot Chili'.  It appears the blossom has sported into a chimera bloom.  I haven't see this before on a Streptocarpus so am finding it quite interesting.  Now the question is...can it be successfully propagated?  I don't know yet but I intend to find out!

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  1. m3rma1dJune 26, 2011 at 12:34 PM

    This is really too cool. You could be famous! I mean, you know, gesneriad-world famous.

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  2. hoovershybridsJune 27, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    I know. But don't worry, I won't snub you because you're not as famous as I am when I see you at convention! :)

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  3. hoovershybridsJune 27, 2011 at 7:22 PM

    p.s. I'm pretty confident it is a chimera blossom on a strept. The stripes are too uniform for it not to be. However, the next set of blossoms is coming up so we'll see in about a week.

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