The first is T. deppeana, the second is T. imperialis, and neither one of them like me!

These are from the high altitude group right?

T. imperialis is pretty bizarre, I must get one!

¡Thank you Lisa!.

Wild collected?

De nada, Leonel.

Mike: yes, high elevation and cool-loving. They melt down here in the flats.

They'd probably go into a toxic shock here then! I'll add it to my list of "bummers" along with Till. multicaulis.

Those are really incredible! I hope you show more further pictures of them as they continue to go through their flowering.

Mike

hi treehaus, if they don´t melt (as Lisa pointed out) in here will post some pictures in the future. will be out of home a few weeks and don´t think there will be any flowers left at my comeback. the older one believe has one last flower will take a picture later.

gonzer, they´re nursery plants.

Check out the natural hybrid of the two of them in the link below.

Also John Arden has made a few hybrids using T. deppeana as a pollen parent. Look up Mayan Torch, Sentry and Wildfire.

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:448004}}

only was able to take this blurry pix (you don´t want to "see" the others, LOL).

T. imperialis flower
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that´s an interesting hybrid, thanks lisa for posting that link, but I´ve no idea how broms are pollinated. Hope there were open flowers from both at the same time to give it a try.

was checking the still alive T. imperialis (2) and discovered that I ¡¡¡ was able to do my first hybrid !! ever.

it´s a T. imperialis x deppeana. now must figure out how to germinate them (just two seed pods so far). will look for more tomorrow.

since deppeana, as Lisa mentioned (believe she jinxed it, LOL), it does melt down here in the flats (imperialis is ok, though), wonder if ¿this cross (imperialis x deppeana) is more heat tolerant than the T. deppeana x imperialis?? since the imperialis are still alive here and the deppeana is very damaged (I did neglect it a little bit, must admit) by now.

cheerios.

¡Felicitaciones, Patusho! y también buena suerte......

All you have to do now is keep them from melting for 7 or 8 more years, which is how long they will probably take to mature. I'm not sure if the soft-leafed Tills grow more like Vrieseas, in which case it may only take 5 or 6 years. ;-)

thanks lisa. will give it a shot and we´ll see what happens.