Hell Mirko,

Very nice looking seedpods, Congratulations, great work. The pods of the Yucca (filam./flacc. x rostrata) looks big in size.

Benny

Hallo,

neugierig wie ich bin, habe ich heute einfach mal 3 Früchte geöffnet. Das Ergebnis ist, wie ich es mir schon dachte, eine sehr magere Ausbeute.

Bei der Y. cf. elegantissima x glauca sind es gerade mal 32 ausgereifte Samen, bei der Y. cf. elegantissima x 'Glockenstab' immerhin 41 und bei der Y. (filam./flacc. x rostrata) x reverchonii nur 19. Wohlgemerkt von nur je einer Frucht.

Zu mindest bei der Y. cf. elegantissima wundert es mich eigentlich nicht. Das waren die Blüten die ich zuletzt bestäubt hatte (und dann auch noch die aller letzten), sind jetzt aber die ersten die ich geerntet habe, da sie wie gesagt nicht mehr versorgt wurden. Die Früchte der Y. (filam./flacc. x rostrata) x reverchonii und glauca ssp. stricta hingen eine Weile länger. Wie zu sehen (Bild 2) sind es viele große aber auch viele taube Samen. Jetzt hoffe ich das wenigstens die wenigen ausgereiften Samen keimfähig sind. Hat eigentlich schon mal jemand versucht die weißen, tauben Samen auszusäen? Vielleicht keimt ja trotzdem was, wenn auch schwächere Keimlinge!?

Noch was zu Thema nachreifen der Früchte. Ist es wirklich von Bedeutung? Die Samen die ausgereift sind, sind ausgereift und die unausgereiften werden sicherlich auch nicht mehr soweit nachreifen.






@Benny
Ja, die Yucca (filam./flacc. x rostrata) Früchte sind etwas größer als die der anderen.

Hello dear yuccas' breeders !

This spring and summer was very hot and sunny , here in France , a perfect wheather for yuccas ' breeding experiments. Almost all the hybridizations were succesfull , but one. This is a part of the hybrid have done this year :

Yucca aloifolia x Yucca elephantipes 'gigantea'
Yucca aloifolia x Yucca gloriosa (large trunking form)
Yucca filamentosa (a form that grow in small trunk) x Yucca rostrata 'blue swan' (deep blue form)
Yucca linearifolia x yucca treculeana
yucca linearifolia 'blue form' x yucca treculeana var canaliculata
yucca linearifolia ' blue form' x yucca thompsoniana
yucca linearifolia 'blue form' x yucca recurvifolia
yucca linearifolia 'blue form' x yucca rostrata 'blue swan'
yucca recurvifolia x yucca linearifolia 'blue form'
yucca recurvifolia x yucca thompsoniana
yucca recurvifolia x rigida (only one seed pod)
yucca recurvifolia x yucca treculeana
yucca recurvifolia x yucca treculeana var canaliculata
Yucca recurvifolia x yucca filifera (= yucca australis) ...seeds pods broken after a ice storm ...

maybe more to come during the autumn

Hello Fred,

WOW, that's an amazing mix of new hybrids, they should be very good in your climate. Congratulation with them all it's really Great work.

Take care

Benny

Hi Fred,

great job, each of the hybrid-combinations sounds very interesting. My favourite is
Y. linearifolia 'blue form' x rostrata 'blue swan'.
I've never heard about Y. rostrata 'blue swan'. Is it a france invention?
What is the difference between the ordinarily Y. treculeana and treculeana and var canaliculata?

Thank's everybody ,

Yucca rostrata 'blue swan' is a Spanish yucca rostrata selection with deep blue colored leafs. There is great difference between the classical yucca treculeana and Yucca treculeana var canaliculata . the second is a monster sized form with somewhat twisted leafs and the flower stalk is about twice (or more !) the size.
When the two plants are cultivated side by side , it's very easy to understand why they are so differents from each others.
I've forgotten to mention this hybrid : Yucca elata x Yucca rostrata 'blue swan' , four seeds pods still hanging on
cheers , fred

Bonjour Fred,

Wow, what for fantastic hybrid creations, all together - one is more interesting than the other!

That is the real Yucca Power!

Cordially congratulations on this truly fabulous results! But alas, unfortunately, not all are hardy enough for our climate, but a number are still worth trying!

Actually I wanted to show you the purple pods with your 'Blue Swan' as daddy, but unfortunately there again problems with the adjustment of the photos!

Cheers,

Jürgen

Great job Fred!!

You have been a busy moth this summer ;). Keep up the great work.

Hi Benny,

that is a great success indeed! And I'll cross my fingers for you and, for us as well, that it is warm enough at least until Christmas, and beyond, so may be after all mature some fruits!
If necessary one could even perhaps a tomato house build around it!

Even I myself will still try, despite the more advanced season, to pollinate my both soon flowering yuccas, cross-pollination, as well a spollination with its own pollen!
Maybe we can despite the late time still exchanging pollen?

Could you please also show your purple seed pods? Could you please also show your purple seed pods, of which you wrote? That would interest me highly, what they look like as well as what Yuccas these are?


The currently brown seed pod of the Y. 'Glockenstab, starts cracking

On to Y. 'Glockenstab' x baccata I am also very curious, since the Y. 'Glockenstab' itself is as indicated already as a multiple hybrid, and the assumed dominance of the baccata genes is really very interesting! Today I have removed to seed pod, which began cracking, but does not yet open! I hope at least it contains a few useful seeds!

So we need all the luck we can get :-)

Best wishes

Jürgen

Hier noch Fotos der Y. baccata aus dem BG Bad Langensalza, dem Pollendonor:


Die mittlere Y. baccata war der Pollenspender, leider gab es nur diese eine Frucht!





LG Jürgen

Und noch die Mama, die Schimana Selektion Y. 'Glockenstab':

Great job with Y. 'Glockenstab' x baccata!