for what it's worth, Cycles has a notable percentage of offspring with thin beards on Standards...

Any chance you might share a piece of your yellow seedling? There's just so little yellow blood in the flatties.

Christian
--- In i*@yahoogroups.com, Paul Archer <pharcher@...> wrote:
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> I've noticed some very sparse beards on the insides of the standards of some varieties and seedlings. We know this trait is common in Regelia hybrids. But here it is in a TB and it is not a flat form like 'Six Pack' or others. On this seedling you don't have to look very hard to see them they are just small and deep within the flower.
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> Imagine what another set of beards could do for the shorter classes?!
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> I'm making crosses using wide and dense beards of intense colors to select for more substantial _expression_ of the beards on the standards. It's a good grower too.
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