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John Charnley 'Hipster' 4n

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2024 3:46 pm
by MrCym
The man who kept me mobile, the wonderful MD who invented the artificial hip! A fittingly fine orchid named in his memory.

Re: John Charnley 'Hipster' 4n

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2024 1:48 pm
by Brian-g
I am taking quite a liking for this orchid. Lovely matching colour combination and a touch of quality about this flower

Re: John Charnley 'Hipster' 4n

Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2024 5:00 am
by MrCym
Brian, I'm not sure where to go with this one... Our standards are so well-developed already. May just clone it for a specialty market.

Re: John Charnley 'Hipster' 4n

Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2024 3:32 pm
by Brian-g
In my eye well worth cloning
Brian

Re: John Charnley 'Hipster' 4n

Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2024 5:25 pm
by jjurlina
Is this the 'reddest' colur from the cross?

Re: John Charnley 'Hipster' 4n

Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2024 5:44 pm
by MrCym
No.

Re: John Charnley 'Hipster' 4n

Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2024 6:11 pm
by jjurlina
So your original cross was with 2N parents?

Re: John Charnley 'Hipster' 4n

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2024 3:55 am
by MrCym
Not at all! Eternal Flame was 4n and better color than this one and the other parent, Kirby Lesh was also tetraploid and more of a pink but large and well-shaped.

Re: John Charnley 'Hipster' 4n

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2024 12:09 pm
by jjurlina
The innocent apologise.

Re: John Charnley 'Hipster' 4n

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2024 1:47 pm
by jjurlina
Left field question on ploidy, is the ploidy determined from plant/flower characteristics or from nuclear DNA testing?