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9. Shortly yellow fuchsia with 'Made in Japan'?

One of the great wishes of a top-hybridizer in the fuchsiaworld is that he may introduce a fuchsia with real yellow flowers. Some seasons allready there were introduced new cultivars where in the colour yellow occurs. Mostly these novelties showed flowers in a pale yellow colour, while this yellow also soon discoloured to rose. And still always this top-hybridizers dream of 'their yellow fuchsia'. But for how long still?

During a meeting of the UTC-members of the Dutch Fuchsia Society a member of the Veredelings-groep (Group of hybridizers) mentioned that nota bene a Belgian hybridizer had presented as the first one, a yellow fuchsia under the cultivar name 'Cleo'. It seamed that some other hybridizers in the group allready were well-informed about it and they know this rumour further to unnerve. For this novelty would not have real bright yellow flowers. Upon this there came into existence well a discussion about the used cross-breedings parents for this variety, allthough only one of the crossbreeding-parents was known, namely 'WALZ Harp'. And of this cultivar they know to mention certainly that there was sitting in the flowers 'some yellow'. Such a diagnose has naturally his effect on other hybridizers who are on the hunt for 'their yellow fuchsia'. Especially Belgian and Dutch hybridizers tried to brought out with the crossbreeding-parent 'WALZ Harp' a better yellow fuchsia. In the checklist on this GFI-website (Fuchsia-info Magazine art. 17) there are noticed a number of after 1994 brought out new cultivars with in it this fuchsia out of the 'serie WALZ music-instruments'. However, this serie is known as 'no easy to cultivate' and it is possible that they also have passed this property to many of these new cultivars.

A second cultivar with much yellow in the flowers becomes introduced about a year lateron by the Dutch hybridizer Martin Beije. His 'Martin's Yellow Surprise' was presented, surround with much mysteriousness. Namely, the crosbreeding-parents may in the beginning not become announced, Finally this new-comer seamed not to satisfy to the image of a real yellow fuchsia.

A further development to yellow was with this new-comer obvious not succesfully, for there are presented more little crossbreedings with this one and its crossbreeding-parents (F.fulgens hybride x F.pilaloensis). Yet the members of the 'UTC-Veredelingsgroep' hope to bring on the market via DNA-research finally a real yellow fuchsia. But there are now indications that those yellow fuchsia there shortly comes from out an other sector, namely out of the professional horticulture via genetic transformation.

'Yellow petunia is coming'

Under this headline stood in our daily paper recently following press report (here translated from Dutch language):

Japanese researchers have unraveled how some flowers are coming to their yellow colour. They discovered the enzym and the accessory biochemical reactions which put on to the molecule that finally colours the petal yellow. This knowledge can become used to make new ornamental plants.

"From plants as the petunia their exist no yellow variants", that says Toru Nakayama of the Tokio University."But when once the yellow-enzym is available, we have a tool in hands for to make by these plants yellow flowers via genetic manupulation. Most flowercolours are definited by a group of molecules which are known as flavonoīden. In the snapdragon and the cosmea that comes by the flavonoīd aurone. Nakayama and his colleagues found the key-enzym and called that aureusidine synthase. The protein belongs to a group of enzyms of which the function was riddle till now.

Yellow fuchsia ... 'Made in Japan?

From above-mentioned press report it will be clear that on similar way one can develop in Japan a fuchsia with yellow flowers. The attractive of such a yellow fuchsia is that this via nursery patent can deliver much money. It looks out that this money then not will go to hibridizers of a fuchsia society. More strong yet, their dream of 'their yellow fuchsia' or yellow variants then possible is over. For mostly there may not crossed further with such a by nursery patent protected fuchsia. He who can present still out of its dia-collection his represented dream of 'their yellow fuchsia' on the screen shall must have to do it with that.

For the top-hibridizers there is now still yet the possebility to realise an other dream, namely the introduction of an all blue fuchsia. If that now will real be such a nice fuchsia, shows the 'website background' where this article is placed before. Say now by yourself, in the meantime our top-hibridizers have allready introduced fuchsias in other colour variants and forms, which are yet much more blooming

Anno 2005 there is introduced by Martin Beye the new cultivar 'Martin's Choice Impr.' , that gives more satisfaction to the picture of a yellow fuchsia (see photo under). But anno 2007 the real yellow fuchsia isn't there.

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'Martin's Choice Impr.'

'Gelderse Fuchsia Info-site'- November 2008