Search results

  1. S

    Butia Hybrid Pictures

    Hmm.. the plot thickens ;) I didn't realize any of the other F2s came from a Butyagrus... thought it was the reverse cross (Butia "mother"). I hope you experiment on this Butyagrus to establish whether its limited fertility is coming from its own pollen or a nearby palm. Maybe you already...
  2. S

    Butia Hybrid Pictures

    Cool action shot of the bee! :D In the name of science you should also try that palm (or one of the later F2s) as pollen donor too. As I recall, you concluded that Butyagrus itself was more potent as a pollen donor... maybe that will also be true for the F2. Steve
  3. S

    Butia Hybrid Pictures

    Thanks for posting those photos -- big difference in growth rates there. But I'm a little confused... do you have any of this F2 generation yet flowering? It will be interesting to see if they are more or less fertile than Butyagrus itself. Steve
  4. S

    Butia Hybrid Pictures

    Scott I'm interested in any feedback you have or later observe about the fertility of your ButiaxButyagrus. Very rare palm you have there. I wonder if the backcrossing helps or further hurts fertility (whether self-fertility or as pollen donor)? It would be interesting if some of that...
  5. S

    The making of a Butiagrus

    So if I interpret your posts correctly (please correct me if I'm wrong), while you haven't observed self-pollenation in xbutyagrus, you have plants that support settings #2 & #3. Interesting. Rarely xButyagrus appears to be capable of limited self-pollenation too (e.g. the Huntington Gardens...
  6. S

    The making of a Butiagrus

    Thanks for the feedback Scott -- you're really helping establish some key facts. At some point I hope you also summarize what you know about xbutyagrus fertility. It seems your a 'myth buster' when it comes to the "mule" palm. Low fertility is different than no fertility. The three settings...
  7. S

    The making of a Butiagrus

    Scott, I'm surprised how quickly these BXA seeds came to near maturity. Does the average time diminish once temps rise toward summer levels? I'd have to find the exact post, but I think your BxButyagrus cross took something like 77 days to fully ripen. Out west (CA) I understand it takes four...
  8. S

    The making of a Butiagrus

    Same typical 5 days to reach anthesis, right. But, you manually cut the one spathe on May 7th whereas 'au naturale' it may not have opened until what... May 10, May 11th? So from a calendar perspective, it appears you got to the flower anthesis stage faster -- mission accomplished. What's...
  9. S

    The making of a Butiagrus

    Scott, great visual documentation/instruction in this thread. I'm intrigued by the manually opened butia spathe in an effort to 'speed up' blooming. If I'm understanding recent posts correctly, those flowers reached anthesis a couple of days ago. Would you conclude that you shaved a few days...
Top