>Yes, indeed incredible! At least here in Europe nobody (I know of) has
>managed to produce this hybrid artificially (in neither direction
>after several attempts with different clones), and the Japanese
>(otherwise very active in this respect) did apparently not try yet
>(perhaps because _D.intermedia_ is not native in Japan and ?not easy
>to cultivate there).
>Who did breed it?
My name is Thomas Hayes......
>How sure is the ID of the plant (and of its parents!) you saw?
Darn near 100%.... I crossed the mother plant of D. intermedia (pine
barrens) with pollen from D. rotundifolia (Bloomsburg, PA - USA) and most
of the seedlings came out as pure D. intermedia..... Due to selfing, BUT one
of the resulting seedlings has the characteristics of both plants. As Dave
said, it is about 4 1/2 inches across and is quite red. (the Bloomsburg
Rotundifolia are mostly red) It is still growing even though the D.
intermedia are dormant, again presumably from the D. rotundifolia, which is
also still growing. GREAT plant overall and I have started leaf
cuttings..... I will be taking a photo of it today.
-Tom-