tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post8907735889858730710..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Schlumbergera seedling no. 027mr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-59006457342111507042015-02-03T18:50:41.803-08:002015-02-03T18:50:41.803-08:00Claude:
That was my assumption too, but when I di...Claude:<br /><br />That was my assumption too, but when I did an image search and counted up the colors of blooms on the first three pages of results (because that is the sort of thing I do sometimes, when faced with unanswerable questions like this), I came up with:<br /><br />28 magenta, purple, or pink-purple<br />13 red<br />12 pink<br />8 white<br />6 magenta traditional XMas cactus (x mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-88117191532202999832015-02-03T17:38:51.912-08:002015-02-03T17:38:51.912-08:00Id guess that commercial growers are focussing on ...Id guess that commercial growers are focussing on red or white flowers due to the "holiday" or "Christmas" aspect of their marketing. Orange hardly shouts Christmas. Plus, commerciall growers are investing a lot of time and money into getting tbe plants ready and blooming for that one time of year they sell them... they're gonna go for mass production of something tbey Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568424354642247198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-85819727472482980782015-02-03T07:36:55.520-08:002015-02-03T07:36:55.520-08:00Commercial growers may figure the general public i...Commercial growers may figure the general public is satisfied with what is currently out there. Also, from a $ standpoint, they may figure it to be far cheaper just to reproduce what they have by asexual reproduction methods. One can get a blooming sized plant faster that way and one knows what one will get.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-83405221641907747662015-02-03T07:21:08.614-08:002015-02-03T07:21:08.614-08:00College Gardener:
Growing some seedlings out to s...College Gardener:<br /><br />Growing some seedlings out to see what the flowers look like <i>has</i> made me curious about why the commercially-available varieties are as limited as they are. I mean, I can't believe that I'm the first person ever to come up with an orange-and-pink <i>Schlumbergera</i>, much less four of them in one shot (#012A "Sofa Fort," #21B "Birthday mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-49875504568621147772015-02-03T03:53:16.614-08:002015-02-03T03:53:16.614-08:00My personal favorite would have been 1979... :)
I...My personal favorite would have been 1979... :)<br /><br />It would be nice if some of your crosses did actually get released commercially at some point. They are prettier or more interesting than a good chunk of the boring or tacky stuff I tend to see at the nurseries and flower shops around here.Nichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07291223943168030684noreply@blogger.com