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19 years ago

I'm trying to find out what hybrids have come out of Treasure Chest. Is there a way to see this info. on FCBS? Thanks in advance for any info.

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  • 19 years ago

    Sure!

    Go to fcbs.org
    Click on Databases button on left hand side.
    Click on 'FCBS Neoregelia Photo Index Database' link.
    Click on 'Search' link.
    Enter "Treasure Chest" in 'Seed parent' or 'Pollen parent' fields and browse away.

  • 19 years ago

    There is, twins, but there's only one hybrid that comes up so far, which is 'Levitation' (see link). I've used Treasure Chest quite a bit, and am in the process of registering some of the crosses now, but apparently none have been posted on FCBS yet. If you want I can show you some of the ones I've done.

    To search FCBS for photos of offspring of a particular parent, go to the menu page and select the Neoregelia Photo Index Database, then do a search, first with the cv. in question as seed parent, then another one as pollen parent. The Bromeliad Cultivar Registry Database may give you more, but there are no pictures.

    You might miss out on some too, if the breeder spelled the name differently or recorded it differently, for example if they listed the parent as "Pink Sensation x Royal Burgundy" instead of Treasure Chest.

    Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:459091}}

  • 19 years ago

    I also have used the plant in some things but it will be awhile before I register if I even bother. I posted one of them some where in this forum months back

  • 19 years ago

    Thank you both for the response- I'm glad to know there's a way. I really love Treasure Chest and have started hybridizing with it, hopefully something fabulous will be come out of my experiment (first time hybridizing)! Lisa, I'd love to see what you got with T.C.
    Thanks again :)

  • 19 years ago

    Mike & Lisa, I just wanted to say thanks again :) I've already tried it and it is GREAT!!!! I found a new hobby :)

  • 19 years ago

    Ah yes, the databases are good fun, and very helpful too! I don't know how we ever got along without FCBS.

    Here are the Treasure Chest babies I've made so far:

    Winnie the Pooh:
    {{gwi:459093}}

    Christopher Robin:
    {{gwi:459094}}

    Piglet:
    {{gwi:459095}}

    Afropop:
    {{gwi:459096}}

    Drama Queen:
    {{gwi:459097}}

    Unfinished Business:
    {{gwi:459099}}

    As the names imply, the first 3 share the same parentage, with olens being the other parent. They are all small plants. Afropop is a cross with correia-araujoi, so it is pretty big, and Drama Queen is a cross with Tangerine, so it's medium sized, very glossy and very dramatic! I was really pleased with that one. Unfinished Business is crossed with an unnamed hybrid with some complicated parentage-- it was Royal Prince x Ted's #7, that last being an unofficial name I gave to a presumed coriacea hybrid I got from a friend of mine. The color in the center came out really nice on that one but the lower leaves are a bit faded looking. It really needs more work, hence the name.

    I've got a few more in the pipeline, but now I've moved on to using mostly my own stuff as parents. I like to build on what I've already done and see if I can improve on it, and it also insures that I'm working with varieties that nobody else is (yet).

  • 19 years ago

    Beautiful neos, Lisa! I love seeing your handiwork. So Michael's carries your plants exclusively? We need to get some nice plants for our upcoming sale.

  • 19 years ago

    Nice work, Lisa! I like them all, but Drama Queen is really outstanding.

  • 19 years ago

    Thanks, philo and Kim!

    philo, it will probably be a while before most of these are available on the Mainland. I did send Michael a few pups of each of them recently, but he'll need time to propagate them all. That little Winnie the Pooh is a mad pupper though, so I expect that will get around the quickest. I've been selling that one locally, and a few of the others when I have any to spare, but Drama Queen is still in the building-up-stock phase, so that will probably be a couple more years.

  • 19 years ago

    Michael has a few on offer on his new list now, so I will try for some of those.

  • 19 years ago

    Nice plants Lisa..I like all of the above. I saw pups of 'Unfinished business' while I was at Michael's. It will be awhile before that one's on the list.

  • 19 years ago

    Lisa, they are GEORGOUS!!!!! I must order from Micheal's-Hopefully one of them will be available. Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful pictures :)

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