The results have been variable depending on the particular cross. An early cross of a plant from the East of Albertinia population to a West of Albertinia plant produced a population of dull gray plants.
A more successful cross was of two choice plants from different West of Albertinia populations. Here are the parents used: W of Albertinia X GM282
The F1 population from this cross almost all had attractive markings and coloration. I sold many of them on e-bay. There was one truly spectacular plant that came out of this cross. It's in flower now (early August 08) and I am crossing it to several plants including: a pretty Japanese emelyea, splendens X (splendens X Japanese major hybrid) and a pretty splendens X (badia X pygmea) hybrid. One of the parents and an attractive sibling are starting to flower so hopefully I can cross it to these to generate a new batch of splendens seedlings.
I also self pollinated one of my favorite plants and was able to obtain a small number of progeny. One of these was very nice and looked very similar to the parent, except smaller in size. Both the mother and the selfed plant exhibited beautiful pink coloration and heavy pink spotting. I crossed this plant back to the mother plant expecting to obtain a uniform population of pretty pink plants. The seeds were sown in the fall of 06. As of August 08 the results are quite interesting. Only about 1/4 of the seedlings were pretty and pink. The rest were mostly unspotted, greenish and some were dark. I am curious how they will develop. The genetics of pigmentation in these plants is more complicated than I anticipated and I am still trying to sort out what could be happening. Below is a schematic of the cross and the results:
First:
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Then:
This cross (sown in Fall of 06) produced the following progeny
