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The Blue Lepidote Project
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The Massachusetts Chapter's Roundtable Group developed a project that is both a learning tool and a serious hybridizing effort. For years members have complained that the zone 5 hardy lepidotes that were touted as being blue were not really blue or were not really hardy in the unreliable snow cover of a New England winter. A project was proposed by member George Silverman to use this breeding goal as an example of how to develop a breeding program.
Current lepidote hybrids that were either very hardy or very blue were discussed in the group including topics and lively discussions on:
- Previous hybridizers efforts (success and failure)
- Potential new species to add to the old hybridizing efforts.
- Potential seed parents and potential pollen parents
- Problems with sterility and different bloom times
- Problems with cleistogamy and pollen receptivity
For more information contact Louise Forrest.