Re: HYB: PFIC1-reb

Thanks.  I've now seen the photos via hort.net archives.  That's 
pretty extreme.  Weather maybe?  Or else one of those that are just 
different after maiden bloom?  I finally had one that looked 
different this year - better IMO.  It seems to me there are several 
types of color change in the life of some blooms.  Some change as 
the pigments get stretched by the bloom after initial opening and 
continued expansion.  They often lose color saturation and expose 
more pattern and background color.  There are also those that fade 
in the sunlight after the bloom is fully expanded.  I assume there 
would be combinations of both the previous in the same bloom 
depending on the pigments involved.  It's not uncommon in arilbreds 
for the expansion of the bloom to change the appearance of the 
pattern.  Some have some outright fading, too.  Some TBs fade badly 
in my Texas sun.  Reds, browns, bronzes especially can have 
problems.  Depending on what other pigments may be under the color 
that fades dictates whether they fade gracefully and stay attractive 
or try to mimic a dirty toesack instead.  Until I grew SATAN'S 
MISTRESS, I thought all reds would fade.  But it is totally color 
fast and no matter what the cross, it's seedlings inherit its color-
fixing quality to a high degree - even on the few that had ugly 
color and might well have benefited from some fading :).  So there 
may be some other component combined with color that affects sun 
fade besides pigment alone. 

Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA  





 
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