| Sinningia 5400 ('Iris Walker' x 2727) |
| ©Brad Walker, February 26, 2012 |
| 5400 is the only plant from this cross to survive to bloom. It is a cross between a compact miniature and a full size species plant. The seed parent is the compact miniature Sinningia 'Iris Walker', the pollen parent is another of my hybrids 2727 ({eumorpha x iarae} x 'Booges Spotty One'), 2727 didn't make it through last winter, so I can't reproduce the cross. It has the pink outer color of the iarae hybrid, but the lips are from 'Booges Spotty One' douglasii parent. It is a large plant about 1.5 to 2 feet tall. |
| Below - you can see the bloom is 2.25 inches long by 1.25 inches wide. It had about 20 blooms over several months. I did cross it to several things and a couple went to seed, including two sets that I back pollinated myself to see if it was fertile to itself. Several of the seed sets have produced viable seedlings that are growing rapidly now. |