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Introduction

The following lists detail the historical state of our work. We list current work as three stages: pollinated, fruiting, and germinating. Hybridization success here is measured by harvested ripe berries resulting in germinated seeds.

Verified berry set on a cross is indicated with berries. Harvested seed awaiting germination is shown by seeds. Once we have seedlings, the listing will include sdlgs. Crosses listed will remain until berries begin forming or until the inflorescence aborts. Once a cross is verified to have failed (aborted), it will be deleted unceremoniously from the list below.

Some crosses shown below were successful through the seedling stage, but unfortunate subsequent events caused the seedling(s) to be lost. Since the cross did yield viable seedlings, however, I have left the listing as a confirmation that the cross has been performed successfully.

The first plant listed in each pair below is the ovule parent and the second one is the pollen parent.

2010 Hybridization Work

This year, we resumed development of new Meconostigma Philodendron hybrids. We have also just begun hybridization with the genus Typhonium. We hope to develop easy to grow plants with colors reminiscent of the early Caladium hybrids.

So far only one Alocasia hybrid cross has seemed to take, but it is a unique 4 species hybrid. Many of our 2009 and 2008 hybrid plants are not yet up to blooming size due to the exceptionally cold winter, so our plan to develop 5-species and 6-species Alocasia hybrids this year cannot be implemented yet.

We have completed a second series of successful crosses between the Western Caladium hybrids and the Thai Caladiums. So far we have germinated seeds using two different Thai varieties and two Western hybrids. One of the Western varieties is the Caladium "Red Flash" and the other is a hybrid developed at Aroidia.

2009 Hybridization Work

2009 was the year for complex hybrids involving 3 to 4 species. Already we have plants of several three-species hybrids, and are awaiting growth to maturity of a few hybrids involving four species. Additionally, we are completing work with A. watsoniana and both A. odora and our hybrid, Alocasia "Imperial Giant".

The year 2010 holds promise for even more complex hybrids involving 5 or more species.

2009 Hybridization Results

2008 Hybridization Results

2007 Hybridization Results

2006 Hybridization Results

Note: Anthurium faustino-mirandae berries take over a year to ripen!

2005 Hybridization Results

Be sure to visit our page, Wilma's Oktoberfest, showing what Wilma did to us.

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