April Fool 'Surprise'

[JasonG]

Such a great cross. Love this one.


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[eteson]

Yes it is a very nice cross indeed! It is a Improved cardinale. I remade this cross some months ago.

 

[abax]

Lovely cross. I see small horns. Might it be a 4N plant?
Or maybe some original stock from EYOF??? I don't see
the small horns on other Phrags. often.

 

[JasonG]

Lovely cross. I see small horns. Might it be a 4N plant?
Or maybe some original stock from EYOF??? I don't see
the small horns on other Phrags. often.

Not sure. I picked it up from John C at OZ.


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[NYEric]

Cardinale X besseae-Yay!

 

[eaborne]

Beautiful!

 

[theorchidzone]

Ploidy, I don't know.
The horns are not typical.
One nice thing about this clone is that the color varies quite a bit from one blooming cycle to the next. Quite temperature and culturally sensitive.
We've sold quite a number of divisions of this one, so I am sure other members have it as well.
JC

 

[SlipperFan]

Pretty, but I still like my Cardinale.

 

[Phrag-Plus]

Very nice!

 

[Drorchid]

If people want more info about chromosome counts/ploidy levels, in this post I talk about chromosome counts/ploidy levels of Phrag. April Fool 'Fools Gold' which is a probable "aneuploid" . Most people have used Phrag. Cardinale 'Birchwood' as one of the parents to make Phrag. April Fool, as it is probably the most available Phrag. Cardinale out there, and has one of the best shaped flowers. Phrag. Cardinale 'Birchwood' is a known triploid. It will however breed (although it usually won't have many viable seedlings), but I have noticed that you get better seed germination, when crossing it with a tetraploid parent. The offspring can either be diploid, tetraploid, but in most cases it will probably be aneuploid, which means it is almost a tetraploid, but is missing some chromosomes.

http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27419

Robert