Re: CAT: Phil William comments (was CAT: Stockton?)
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- Subject: Re: CAT: Phil William comments (was CAT: Stockton?)
- From: z*@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 12:15:09 -0600 (MDT)
>L-ers,
> I thought Phil's comment on the picture on the cover of the
>bulletin not
>being Thornbird interesting. I looked at the picture and never gave it another
>thought though I too thought it didn't look like Thornbird. I checked the
>archives to find the thread regarding this discussion. I assume it would have
>taken place around February or March but I cannot locate it. What was the
>outcome of this discussion? Did anyone discover it's real name? It looks like
>Dance for Joy except Dance for Joy has a tangerine beard. Picture on the
>bulletin cover does not.
>
>IRIS MANIAC,
>Sterling (not Innerst)
>Seattle, WA Zone8
>Paganpink@msn.com
Had I never seen THORNBIRD looking like it was on the cover of the
Bulletin, I might have been skeptical, but I have seen it like that, and
also with the more typical, (to me), dark violet "thorns". There was
considerable variation in any one named variety in the SpaceAge category.
It is something we are trying to breed OUT, and have always or nearly
always the exact same flower. Then less viewing experience would not cause
so much turmoil to judges in the garden or at the show-bench. Lloyd
Zurbrigg Durham NC
