Cidermanrolls wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 7:38 am
Could it just be that the red flower is the result of recessive genes. These seeds may well have come from a red flowered plant, but the red genes have just not expressed themselves?
Looking at the photos of 'red' plants I think this isn't a single gene locus kind of colour mutation - I reckon it will take years of breeding to develop the colour from seedlings posted above.
Worth an F2 cross though to see if redder coloured flowers result. I'm also planning to grow out all my seedlings to see what range there is amongst the seedlings so I can select the colours I like (being red/green colour blind that possibly won't be the redder ones!!!).
No red flowers here, but some different shades depending on how old the flowers are. One of the seedlings shows more purplish leaves earlier in the year, but greens up later. I have tried to get that one to set seed in the past, but no luck so far.
Endeavouring to grow Aylostera, Echinocereus, Echinopsis, Gymnocalycium, Matucana, Rebutia, and Sulcorebutia. Fallen out of love with Lithops and aggravated by Aeoniums.
Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
They are selling this plant "Frithia pulchra rote bluete seed dark lilac colored flowers meseb plant" (my Google translated from Turkish).
So it looks as if the name is called "rote bluete" but it has dark lilac flowers.
But this is most of the time as if you look at their third image of 4 of this plant on the site some of the flowers are red(ish).
Is this species an OK bet for an uheated greenhouse, in a normal winter? Or am I better keeping all my seedlings a bit warmer?
I can always bring plants this size indoors if we have a particularly brutal spell for a few nights.