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Asimina hybrid flowering
« on: May 14, 2015, 11:25:28 PM »





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Re: Asimina hybrid flowering
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2015, 01:21:10 AM »
Nice photos Ed; which are the different parental species for this hybrid?
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Re: Asimina hybrid flowering
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2015, 01:26:16 AM »
A. Triloba x A. reticulata

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Re: Asimina hybrid flowering
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2015, 12:50:20 PM »
Wow!  Ignorance shining through here: has this been done before? What are your expectations?

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Re: Asimina hybrid flowering
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2015, 02:21:20 AM »
Same flower 10 days later




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Re: Asimina hybrid flowering
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2015, 07:31:53 PM »
Beautiful!

It will be doubly nice if it sets fruit, as some of the interspecific Asimina hybrids have proven to be sterile.
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Re: Asimina hybrid flowering
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2015, 09:27:28 PM »
reminds me of bat plant kind of..i guess the color and texture of  the flower...

nice find Ed!

even if it doesn't fruit, it's got nice ornamental flowers.
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Re: Asimina hybrid flowering
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2015, 09:50:25 AM »
Very interesting....what do you think about the fruit it will bear?

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Re: Asimina hybrid flowering
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2015, 03:26:33 AM »
Did fruit develop?!
Or was it sterile?
Very interested in an update:)
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Re: Asimina hybrid flowering
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2015, 02:16:22 AM »
Yes one cluster but squirrels ate it.
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Re: Asimina hybrid flowering
« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2015, 06:09:37 AM »
Yes one cluster but squirrels eat it.
Aww disappointing :'(
But at least you know it can fruit ;D
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Re: Asimina hybrid flowering
« Reply #11 on: September 08, 2015, 12:52:09 PM »
Too bad, hopefully next season we will see some fruits
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Re: Asimina hybrid flowering
« Reply #12 on: September 17, 2015, 08:37:36 PM »
congrats! that's amazing! is there another hybrid you know?