• Subject: Re: Stylophorum hybridization?
• From: &* P* L* <1*@rewrite.hort.net>
• Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 18:13:03 -0500 (CDT)

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kitty Morrissy" <1018@rewrite.hort.net>
> To: perennials@hort.net
> Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 6:00:35 PM
> Subject: RE: Stylophorum hybridization?
> 
> Chris, this is really out of my depth but I was wondering how
> necessary closeness really is.  If you're experimenting, wouldn't
> you simply hand-pollinate? It's wonderful when nature does it on
> it's own but that pushes your odds to near-zilch. Again, I know
> little about hybridizing, so I may be way off in this comment.

Well, the other side of it is if I get seedlings and they look like S. 
lasiocarpum, can I treat them as the straight species when handing them out 
to people.  :)

But yes, I would probably hand-pollinate if I was trying to encourage a 
cross.  If I remembered.  :)

Chris

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