Epiphyllum beauty

[Carl]

Another quick snap today of a first time flowerer

'Pure of Heart'

[Carl]

Some more new flowers today


'Prof. Dr. Lenzen' - Rudolf Heßing 2007 Inner petals yellow gold with light
pink throat. Outer petals yellow gold. Cup and saucer form.
Basket growth. Aporophyllum type. {Small} Unknown aporophyllum
x 'Peaches 'N' Cream'. Reg.# 13159

'Yellow Tang' - Darryl Miyamoto 2009 Inner petals dark yellow. Outer petals
dark yellow with some bronze. Double, wide form. Small,
flat and three-angled growth. {Medium} 'Evening Delight' x 'Chiba
Lovely Dawn'. Reg. #13534

[Phil_SK]

Wow, that's a good one. I'm of the opinion that about 95% of cactus hybrids - epicacti, echinopsises, Aylostera, chamelobivias - don't deserve naming but that one does!

[daniel82]

That last one is my favourite, thank you for this thread

[Carl]

Yes it's a gorgeous hybrid the double form comes from the pod parent 'Evening Delight' which itself is a fairly modern hybrid in comparison to others (another Daryl Miyamoto cross from 1999) and the intense burnt yellow is from an interesting but extremely poor growing hybrid (I mean the first clue that you have a correctly labeled cutting is that it dies ) 'Chiba Lovely Dawn' which is a hybrid first registered in 2007 and hybridised in Japan by Mitsuhashi Nurseries unfortunately almost nothing is known about its parentage but I do distinctly remember hearing from somewhere that it's suspected that it was produced from intentional seed treatment such as with colchicine or similar but nobody has any evidence to that fact

I've procured some photo's of the parents (Thank you Don Crain!) as you can see it's a hybridisers dream outcome: gorgeous double flower structure and vigour from the pod parent - excellent intense colour from the pollen parent

'Evening Delight'

Epiphyllum Evening Delight by Don, on Flickr

x

'Chiba Lovely Dawn'

Epiphyllum Chiba Lovely Dawn by Don, on Flickr

If you think epiphyllum hybrids are boring then you should see some of the modern hybrids coming out of the US and New Zealand in the last 5 years they are just jaw dropping

I'll leave you with this link on the Epiphyllum Society of America's gallery of Yvonne & Andrew Brunton's hybrids from New Zealand which just have to be seen to be believed... just an incredible amount of petals and colour forms, personal favourites include 'Kiwi Razzle Dazzle', 'Kiwi Grand Finale', 'Kiwi Treasure Box' to name just a couple! interestingly these are all hybrids between 'Elinor Victoria Latimer' x 'Elegans Lei' (or the reverse cross) created by Richard G. Latimer, Sr. & Mitsuhashi Nursery respectively

http://www.epiphyllums.org/oldsite/pent ... unton.html

[Greenlarry]

Oh very nice!

[Acid John]

GERTRUDE.W.BEAUM

[Peter A]

I've only just discovered this thread, but thought I might put on this one, which has just flowered for the first time. I grew it from seed many years ago, and, rather oddly, it didn't flower until I moved it into full sun in the hottest part of the greenhouse. Usually I think of them as prefering shade or half-shade. Not, apparently, this one! Here it is just opening. The bud started off looking white, then pink. By the time it opened the outer petals were so dark a red as almost to be black!

The flower is relatively small: four and a half inches across, but the intensity of the colours is astonishing!

[cactusrogerUK]

I fancy that "Yellow Tang" a few posts back. A rare and rich colour.

OK, I'll add a few pictures to the gallery in the next few days, but in the meantine there is this one for which I have no ID. It originated from Terry Hewitt/Hollygate in the 1990s and the label has long ago been lost. If anyone can suggest a name by comparison with a plant from the same source I will be interested. The buds are long and slender, quite a deep red and pointed. The open 15cm flower colour is vivid with distinct magenta edges to the inner petals. Unfortunately there are lots of red/magenta "names" which are fairly similar. There is a lot of pollen, and the bloom is mildly fragrant. The second image is another bloom about to open today.

Update: I think I have identified this as Dracula. That is one of the hybrids Terry sent me in a mixed box of ten rooted cuttings for about £12 about twenty years ago. Images on the website here and elsewhere look like the same plant to me.

Epiphyllum hybrid (probably Dracula), ex Hollygate Nursery.

[cactusrogerUK]

Epiphyllum hybrid Jan Killian

Epiphyllum hybrid Goldlachs

Two recent bloomers: Goldlachs has rich orange flowers about 12cm across. Websites say the size should be up to 20cm, so is this actually Goldlachs? Jan Killian has flowers about 18cm across.