Color Possibilities for Red X Pink & Red X Red

16 years ago

According to the Dr. Bob Carr Hybridizing Tables, I have managed to create the impossible. Since I have a hard time believing that, I'd like to ask some of you who have been hybridizing longer than I have about your experience. According to the chart mentioned above, when you us cross Red (Pod) X Pink (pollen) the probability for colors of the resulting plants are greater than 50% for both red and pink, and less that 20% for melon. No other colors are listed even as rare, which would be less than 2%. When crossing Red (pod) X Red (pollen), the probability is greater than 50% for red and less that 20% for both pink and melon. Again, no probability is mentioned for any other color. With that said, take a look at the following pictures.

This seedling does have a very slight pink blush, but would hardly be called a pink daylily.

This one has absolutely no pink blush. It is just a yellow daylily. (Its a nice yellow daylily, but it is yellow, not red, pink or melon.)

What are your experiences with these color crosses? Understanding that little or nothing has absolutely a zero probability, is getting a yellow flower from these crosses just very, very uncommon but still something that happens from time to time, or should I be thinking that somehow I mis-labeled these seedlings? (By the way, I have a couple more besides these two, and I'm pretty careful in labeling stuff - - well, I hope I am!!!)

Larry

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kstatefan
16 years ago
Where do you find this table? I have looked and can not find it.
Ed
16 years ago
I have seen a gold seedling in a red on red cross of probably 400 seedlings. I've also seen some results I just figure I mislabeled or can't be true. I'm sure there's also the possibility that something else pollinated the bloom, other than me!

But in any case, Dr. Carr's chart gives you a good idea of the results you will see. If you do get a nice maverick from time to time, enjoy it!
Ed
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Original Author
16 years ago
The charts are at http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/daylilies.32588

Although I got them there, my computer is having trouble accessing the charts this evening. Each chart has a different link. I had found them elsewhere recently , but have no idea what the site was. If you can't get them on the listed site, send me an e-mail through the Garden Web system and I will send them to you.

Larry
daylilydayzed
16 years ago
I have provide a link to the Chattanooga Daylilies website where you can download a PDF file that contains all the charts. The link is under the flower picture of Wonder Of It All.

Here is a link that might be useful: Bob Cars hybridizing charts
lilynut
16 years ago
I've found this that could interest you.

Here is a link that might be useful: Flower Colors in Daylilies
kstatefan
16 years ago
Thanks for the links