Hybridization method of Echinacea
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Hybrid stone lotus is actually quite simple. Before you start, you need to have a clear goal: a different or better hybrid, perhaps with brighter colors, more curved leaves, more pronounced leaf ripples or something else. When crossing with unusual mutations, it is important to pay attention to some varieties such as E. Although 'Edna Spencer' can produce pollen, it cannot produce seeds.
Pollinating is not difficult. If you think the traits of two plants are worth crossing, touch the stigma of the flower of one plant with a delicate soft brush and then touch the flower of the other. The timing must be well grasped. The pollen on the plants providing the pollen must be fully mature and powdery, and the flowers on the seed-bearing plants must be fresh. After pollination, tie a thin colored thread to the bottom of the flower to indicate that it has been pollinated, and write down the date of pollination and parents in the notebook. In this way, if you pollinate different flowers on the same pedicel, even if the pollen comes from different varieties, there will be no confusion. After a few weeks, the fruit is ripe, carefully picked and sifted out the seeds, and sorted and stored for later use.
A delicate and soft brush can be used to transfer pollen between two flowers.
Once dried, the seeds of the stone lotus can be separated from the pod by frictional extrusion.
Fresh stone lotus seeds have the highest germination rate, so it is best to sow them within a few weeks after harvest. When the seedlings are the size of six leaves, they will show different characteristics. From this point on, unsightly and poorly growing seedlings can be regularly removed, leaving only the best plants for growth, and then selecting the most attractive ones for further hybridization. Further crosses can be made inbreeding between the same varieties, with plants from different varieties, or with their parent plants. After several generations of crossbreeding, it is likely that a distinctive bud will emerge. If this bud is significantly different from the existing variety, it will even be named as a new variety. Keep in mind that descendants identical to this new breed can only be obtained through asexual reproduction.
These 2 mm buds are about 6 months old.
The one in the middle is E. 'Perle von Nurenberg' Purple Pearl, with her parent-E. Elegans and E. gibbiflora 'Metallica'。
(The one in the middle is E. 'Doris Taylor' and her parent-E. setosa and E. pulvinata。）
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