Brugmansia Posted February 8, 2002 Brugmansia are not self fertile with the exception of arborea. There is some heated debate as to what will hybridize with what as some expert hybridizers have done the imposible, but these hybrids have proven to be infertile. In general, any cross with aurea, suaveolens, versicolor, candida aka (aurea x versicolor), Insignis aka (versicolor x suaveolens x suaveolens...etc will produce seeds if crossed to a genetically unique hybrid. Ie, Brugmansia are generally not self fertile. If the pollen donor has a white parent then the resulting seedlings will also be white. Ecuador pink is a good pollen donor for those wanting pinks. Other than that, Flava=arborea x sanguinea and arborea will also cross to vulcanicola. There has only been one case of an arborea having double flowers and it was just for one bloom cycle. Arborea has been crossed with suaveolens as well, but only 4 seeds out of an entire seed pod germinated and only one lived long enough to flower. It was sadly infertile. Perhaps with enough crosses though one may find that seed which would not be infertile. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spiraleyes Posted February 9, 2002 what could be used to pollenate an aurea? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brugmansia Posted February 17, 2002 Aurea can be crossed to suaveolens, candida, versicolor, or insignis either way. If you want a pink though you need to use a hybrid who's parents were also pink and use that hybrid as a pollen donor to the one that is not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
