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![]() Why so few cultivars? I am aware of only one cultivar, Mandela's Gold, which has yellow instead of orange flowers. Big deal! Strelitzia Regina (SR) has been widely grown since, at least, 1960, and, it is presently the official flower of Los Angeles. Name one other cultivated plant with so few variations.
Circa 1970, I read an article in the magazine, Florist Review, about a commercial grower who found some SR seedlings with red foliage. At the time, I thought, "Good! I will be able to buy SR clones with red foliage in a few years!" I have been waiting for that vapor ware, ever since. I don't care whether plant breeders have to splice human genes into it, I want SR with red foliage! Last edited by aruzinsky : 09-08-2017 at 10:19 AM. |
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![]() I think one of the problems is that they are difficult to propagate in large numbers. They take five years from seed to flower so you have to wait at least five years before you know that you have what you want or not. There are very few members of the genus so there is nothing to cross them with and even if you could cross them they aren't receptive to pollen of other species. Crosses have been tried between reginae and nicholai, but the two just aren't compatible and produce no viable seed. Another thing is that they are very difficult to micropropagate there has been no real break through on this front. Mandella's Gold I think is a natural variation rather than a cultivar.
I agree though a red leafed version would be very nice indeed! |
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Many cultivars are natural variations. But, now that I think about it, I should expand my rant to include the lack of variety in seed strains. By now, there should be red leaved seed strains. |
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![]() You're very lucky to be able to flower a SR in 3 years; if this is the case start cross breeding!
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Another rant I have, is about the relatively large number of irreproducible experiments published in peer reviewed journals, for all life sciences, including horticulture, but, especially medicine (because it really affects me in a bad way). You don't see that kind of nonsense published in EE journals which is probably the main reason why the rate of technological advancement for EE is so much higher than the rates of advancement for life sciences. |
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