Triploid Snapdragons (Chihaya Series)
A Japanese group (Wada, K., Taniguchi, T., Hirooka, T. from
Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd., Kawachi-nagano, Osaka 586, Japan and Uemoto S.
from Oita Junior College, Oita, Oita 870, Japan) has produced triploid
snapdragon varieties,
named Chihaya, by crossing diploid and autotetraploid lines.
There is a fine
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These flowers
combine characteristics from diploids and tetraploids, but show very low
seed fertility and have to be propagated via vegetative cuttings.
These triploids show large flowers, long inflorescences and thick stems,
making them a favorable breed for use as cut flowers.
The plants have been presented on the XXIVth International Horticultural
Congress in 1994.
Pictures:
- wada_1.jpg (185662 Bytes) Buquet of purple
Chihaya snapdragons
- wada_3.jpg (133169 Bytes) Dark purple, light
purple, red, white and yellow Chihaya varieties.
- wada_4.jpg (236347 Bytes) Bronze and white
Chihaya.
- wada_5.jpg (195376 Bytes) Exhibition booth
with Chihaya varieties.
Pictures were kindly provided by Koichi Wada
(koichi@os.luice.or.jp).
This page is found at
http://www.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/snapdragon/varieties/wada/wada.html.
It has been created on 11. Apr. 1997 by
kst.
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