That was Greg's comment, not mine, but I'd be inclined to try making a
'Paltec' out of it (or a 'Palmil', as it were). Maybe you'd get more
dark spotting.
Certainly crossing anything else to dichotoma, domestica/Belamcanda or
the candy-lilies would likely be spectacular. To even try I think I'd
have to bag the buds to keep bees off the dichotoma, as they're very
popular. I sometimes even get the slightly ridiculous-looking scenario
in the attached photo. It's not quite the best angle to show it, but
Giant Swallowtails are significantly larger than dichotoma flowers.
Sean Z
Quoting Christy Hensler <h*@povn.com>:
>
>
> Actually I hope milesi will tolerate outdoor conditions because I am
> quite interested in having enough plants to have a go at making
> inter-specific crosses with it. I'd be looking for a hardier partner
> now after seeing how little response it seemed to have for fall
> dormancy/winter survival. Of course one plant is a limited
> observation - time will tell.
>
>
> Sean,
>
> Exactly my thoughts!
>
> What other species would you pair it with?
>
> I'd hoped that milesii would be hardy here but when I saw a spent
> bloom the resemblance to I. dichotoma was striking! Sam Norris had
> little more to go on when he made the cross that resulted in
> Pardancanda norissi.
>
> I'd just planted out seeds from a strain of dichotoma with a wider
> range of colors (lavender, blue, pink, cream, and pale yellow) and
> the prospect of a hardy, longer lived clump of milesii type plants
> with a good color range was irresistible.
>
> Of course, I could wind up with a short lived, milesii type that
> doesn't clump well and only shows lavender...
>
> Christy
>
>
