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« on: July 27, 2009, 07:45:58 PM » |
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Yes, that's the one. It can have more intense color than in that photo. Good bloomer, but too small and not special enough color to be commercial. Schlueter sent it to me to trial back in the day. Although I think Strobe is lost it did sport for me while I had it. I captured the genetically mutated branch and propagated it - the new flower is rusty brown and I've used it in making some crosses, too. I just call it Strobe Sport. Below is a photo I took awhile back of both flowers together.
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« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2009, 08:08:09 PM » |
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I just recently learned what a sport was... is it always the entire branch that is genetically mutated, or sometimes just a portion?
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« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2009, 08:24:36 PM » |
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It can be and probably is just one node that shows the mutation most commonly by flowering in a different color on the growth from that node. After you see the different flower at least twice the standard procedure is to cut the stem the flower is on back close to the branch it sprouted from. Then you graft it, grow it, and see if it flowers with the new color once it has grown enough to flower again. If it does you are able to name the plant and can register it as a new cultivar. I have found about 20 sports since I started growing hibiscus. My favorite one is Hotwired, a yellow sport of High Voltage.
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« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2009, 09:10:59 PM » |
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Funny enough charlie I was going to start a new topic on sports. I was interested in seeing some more sports you found. I know of hotwired, pride of hanikins and fireball, and now strobe.
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Charlie
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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2009, 07:59:21 AM » |
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Hi Chris,
The weirdest hibiscus I ever grew was a Sun Shower that had lost its genetic stability. There is probably a botanical word that describes such a plant (someone suggested chimera but I don't know if that fits or not) but for me it was a one time experience. The plant sported on almost every branch. I found 8 different sports in one summer on that plant. None of them was commercially viable but they made for a fascinating bush. Eventually it died but for awhile it was center stage in the greenhouse!
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« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2009, 10:14:00 AM » |
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Wow, that is really weird. Was the plant exposed to any potential mutagen?
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« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2009, 02:22:25 PM » |
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No mutagenic agent was deliberately put on it. It was just in the greenhouse getting the same pesticides and so forth that all the other plants were exposed to. It's always possible that something strange happened to it but apparently only to it.
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« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2009, 05:34:22 PM » |
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Hi Charlie,
I was just wondering if the yellow El Capitolio was a sport of the peach El Cap or not and what is the proper name for the yellow, I know the peach is called the sport of the red but am not sure what they call the yellow.
Thanks, Patrick
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« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2009, 07:39:19 AM » |
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I don't think there is an official name, but I've often heard Sport for the orange, and Sport of Sports for the yellow. It has a nice ring to it, anyway.
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