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Post by fredg on May 20, 2020 10:15:49 GMT
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Post by corky on May 20, 2020 14:30:11 GMT
They look perfect
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Post by dvg on May 20, 2020 14:45:50 GMT
I looked, and there he was, with large hood touching the far left frame - Hercules strikes again!  dvg |
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Post by fredg on May 20, 2020 16:50:11 GMT
Ah Doug. The plant you're looking at is another Slack cross. That one is S. oreophila x minor. The hood is smaller than Herc and not erect. It looks more like its minor parent. Herc is in his own thread now  |
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Post by dvg on May 20, 2020 17:30:12 GMT
Thanks for pointing that out Fred.
Have you had the S. oreophila x minor for decades as well?
dvg
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Post by fredg on May 20, 2020 21:36:45 GMT
Have you had the S. oreophila x minor for decades as well? Oh yes |
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Post by stevebooth on May 21, 2020 11:36:39 GMT
Oreophila figures large in your Slacks crosses Fred, is that by design or just a hapanstance of what was available at the time?  cheers Steve
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Post by dvg on May 21, 2020 15:29:06 GMT
Fred, since there's been a resurgence of interest in the Adrian Slack created S. oreophila crosses here in the past week, and because you have some mature specimens, would it possible to place a pot of oreophila x minor next to Herc? Though Hercules is crossed with purpurea, rather than minor, there are similarities in both pitchers, due to the shared oreophila parentage. Seeing both mature crosses, side by side, should also show more clearly their physical differences. If it is possible, and isn't too much strain and effort (don't hurt yourself there ), it would be a treat to see those two together. dvg |
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Post by fredg on May 21, 2020 15:55:27 GMT
 I'd rather do that when its a little cooler in those greenhouses Doug. It's a bit warm out there.
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Post by dvg on May 21, 2020 16:07:21 GMT
I'd rather do that when its a little cooler in those greenhouses Doug. It's a bit warm out there. No worries Fred, whenever it works out for you. I'll just be happy to finally see Herc and his more mortal half sibling, side by side, together at last, in a family reunion of sorts. dvg |
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Post by fredg on May 24, 2020 16:39:55 GMT
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Post by fredg on May 24, 2020 17:11:17 GMT
There's actually a third oreophila cross. This one looks more like Herc but it has yellow flowers.
Steve,
When Slack got me interested in CPs with his first book people up here would throw plants at you because there weren't that many of either, people or plants. Many of these would have been originally sourced from Slack's Nursery.
There was no internet and no mobile phones so we used to meet quite a lot and pass on propagated stuff. It was a good time to be in the hobby.
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Post by fredg on May 24, 2020 17:22:10 GMT
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Post by dvg on May 24, 2020 17:39:37 GMT
There's actually a third oreophila cross. This one looks more like Herc but it has yellow flowers. Fred, was your third oreophila cross made with S.flava? Which one was the seed parent and the pollen donor, if you still have that info in your records? dvg |
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Post by fredg on May 24, 2020 17:40:06 GMT
A division of S. oreophila x minor (Slack)  |
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I'd rather do that when its a little cooler in those greenhouses Doug. It's a bit warm out there.
not here it isn't