pieces parts

for starters that would cover the fragments of the ideas going into this post. one of the flowers is Red Suspenders. it is the starting point. and it is part of the journey. it was crossed with Fire From Heaven to produce Watchyl Fiery Suspense. and so the question enters. Fire From Heaven was originally a diploid plant that was converted. it had its chromosomes doubled. so the converted plant was used to bring some of the qualities of the diploid plant into the tetraploid gene pool. except there was a question. is Watchyl Fiery Suspense a tetraploid. it does not want to cross with any other tetraploid. no seeds are produced. so the question lingers. after many unsuccessful attempts i tried a back cross. Red Suspenders a parent plant of Watchyl Fiery Suspense was crossed back to it. and surprise seeds did form and grow. so it does look to be a tetraploid plant. of course tetraploids are notoriously fussy of what will cross with what. so who knows what the next step will bring ? if that seedling keeps polying that will be one reason to take the next explore…

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  Fire From Heaven

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  Red Suspenders

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  Watchyl Fiery Suspense

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  16-132 Watchyl Fiery Suspense x Red Suspenders

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