I thought it was funny because my friend Victor told me so. Its name comes from my experiments, which are already bearing fruit (literally). I used the Limequat Eutis and pollinated it with the Nagami Kumquat. That's why this hybrid has a double "quat" (limequatquat). Last spring, I obtained the first flowers, although the fruit didn't set. This made me think it would be a good idea to use its pollen, and the best recipient could be Nagami again. That's why the third "quat." My original idea was to use the Eutis since it looks and tastes like lime, but the skin becomes edible when it's very ripe. If I crossed it again, I would get something like a kumquat, but with a lime flavor and an edible skin. However, by making this last cross, I suppose the lime component has been greatly reduced. It would be the result of a limequat-quat-quat: 12.5% lime and 87.5% kumquat. I'm currently harvesting and planting the seeds, but they'll be something eye-catching... since fruits like the kumquat are so unique, the idea of making more versions seems very interesting to me, which is why I already have several backcrosses waiting to flower and see what will come out. Limequat, mandarinquat, orangequat and calamondin x Nagami and Meiwa.
Flower of limequatquat:
Fruit of Nagami x limequatquat
