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Baby pics

nil13
10 years ago

Here are some pics of my seedlings. The middle 13 in square pots are Aloe 'Blimey Limey' F2s.

Comments (19)

  • nil13
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    The Puyas are growing up so quickly.

  • hoovb zone 9 sunset 23
    10 years ago

    Nice babies!

  • hanzrobo
    10 years ago

    Awwwwww, babies. Can I see those 'Blimeys' and 'Limeys' up close?

  • maark23 TX/8a
    10 years ago

    They look good! How old are they?!

    Mark

  • nil13
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    Here ya go hanz.

  • nil13
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    and some more

  • nil13
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    one last pic of the group

  • nil13
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    They are about a year old Mark. I think. I went back to check my journal only to realize I hadn't recorded the sowing of those.

  • hanzrobo
    10 years ago

    Oh, thanks nil! Those look great! Lots of variation, huh? They're a very good size for 1 year. Great job!!!

    Please come back and update this thread after winter growth:)

  • nil13
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    Yeah, when you have a parentage like Blimey Limey, you are going to get a little variation, lol. But it is quite interesting to see what can be pulled out of these complex hybrids. I am very interested in how that super pale one turns out.

    From ISI: "It [Blimey Limey] represents Bleck's attempt to produce a yellow-green-flowered selection. Like many of its sibling cultivars it has A. bakeri in its complex parentage: ([(A. descoingsii ÃÂ A. calcairophila) ÃÂ A. bakeri] ÃÂ A. bakeri) ÃÂ (A. bakeri ÃÂ [A. albiflora ÃÂ A. bellatula])."

  • hanzrobo
    10 years ago

    Very interesting. Thanks for the parentage info. You can really see the calcairophila in some of them.

  • Stush2049 Pitts. PA, zone 6
    10 years ago

    nil13,
    I love your only sans. Looks like Sansevieria trifasciata Forescate. This is one I have a very hard time keeping. I killed 4 so far. I got one and so far it is doing fine. Still no pups yet. Nice collection.
    Stush

  • nil13
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    Good ID on that sans. Stush. That's exactly what it is. I've had it for about a year and a half. No pups yet, but at least it's still alive. What problems did you have with yours? I have had a hard time keeping it plump.

    Oh and it's my only sans..... in that picture. lol. I have a bunch more in the collection. That's just the propagation/transplant bench.

  • maark23 TX/8a
    10 years ago

    Thanks nil!! They look really good!

    Mark

  • minime8484
    10 years ago

    Looking good! Which species of Puya is that? Looks like my seedling P. mirabilis...

  • nil13
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    Puya berteroniana

  • cactusmcharris, interior BC Z4/5
    10 years ago

    nil, that's a great parentage to have. Nice hybrid it is. Are those potbound or recently repotted?

  • nil13
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    They've been in those pots for a while.

  • nil13
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    So, last time you saw these guys, they were in those little 2" pots. Well, Spring sprung pretty early and it was time to pot them up into 3.25" pots.

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    I'm really liking the whiteness of this one.

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    It is hard to tell in the pic, but this one is a deep solid red.

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    This guy is super tiny and has already thrown off a couple of pups.