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This is (Eggs and Bacon 'Soft Touch' x S. Gratrix 'Bleeder').
Eggs and Bacon = (Norito Hasegawa x James Bacon), where Norito Hasegawa = (malipoense x armeniacum) and James Bacon = (godefroyae x Conco-bellatulum). And S. Gratrix = (bellatulum x godefroyae).
So, overall, this hybrid is:
3/8 godefroyae
5/16 bellatulum
1/8 armeniacum
1/8 malipoense
1/16 concolor
And that's 1/4 Parvi, 3/4 Brachy.
I like intersectional crosses, and I was pretty excited about a different kind of Brachypetalum x Parvisepalum cross—different from the Kevin Porter types (x micranthum) and the Ma Belle types (x malipoense). I have to say I'm a bit disappointed. It has some of the worse aspects of the Brachy ancestors: very short stem, very cuppy. The flower is also quite small—4.4cm; about 1 3/4". I find it interesting that it has the triangular shape characteristic of related crosses, such as Ma Belle and Mint Chocolate.
We'll see if the second blooming improves.
Eggs and Bacon = (Norito Hasegawa x James Bacon), where Norito Hasegawa = (malipoense x armeniacum) and James Bacon = (godefroyae x Conco-bellatulum). And S. Gratrix = (bellatulum x godefroyae).
So, overall, this hybrid is:
3/8 godefroyae
5/16 bellatulum
1/8 armeniacum
1/8 malipoense
1/16 concolor
And that's 1/4 Parvi, 3/4 Brachy.
I like intersectional crosses, and I was pretty excited about a different kind of Brachypetalum x Parvisepalum cross—different from the Kevin Porter types (x micranthum) and the Ma Belle types (x malipoense). I have to say I'm a bit disappointed. It has some of the worse aspects of the Brachy ancestors: very short stem, very cuppy. The flower is also quite small—4.4cm; about 1 3/4". I find it interesting that it has the triangular shape characteristic of related crosses, such as Ma Belle and Mint Chocolate.
We'll see if the second blooming improves.