Lophophora species cross fertility

Subject: Lophophora species cross fertility Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:39 pm

A section I have in my book is on what crosses are possible, Ive done
some exploration of this but Im now not in a situation where I can
continue to grow them so Im asking for help. If you can be certian that
a cross you made took then please enlighten me in this thread, also must insist your sure of the identification of the species as well Smile

Here
is my table thus far. The way I did it was cross pollinate the very
first flower produced by the plant, that way I could watch the
development of the seed pod and see if any seeds were formed. I tried
to reproduce the results more then once. The jourdaniana info is taken
from the net. Kada I know you got koeh and fric to cross, got any others?

NSF= apparently not self fertile

x		Mother
x		*L. williamsii*	*L. diffusa*	*L. koehresii*	*L. fricii*	*L. jourdaniana*
Father	*L. williamsii*	Yes		No	Maybe	No
	*L. diffusa*		NSF			No
	*L. koehresii*			NSF	Maybe	No
	*L. fricii*			Maybe	NSF	No
	*L. jourdaniana*					Yes

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that is the only type i have gotten to set viable seed. the male had to be fricii. my koehresii pollen was not acepted by any of my fricii ladies Sad

i have tried qilliamsii with koehresii with williamsii and diffusa...nothing. williamsii with fricii and diffusa....nothing. but i have not played a lot with them. next year i will be trying more hybrids as i will have a LOT more plants maturing then.

all my jourds are immature and yet to flower Sad