AB: ESTHER, THE QUEEN
- Subject: AB: ESTHER, THE QUEEN
- From: S* M* <7*@compuserve.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 01:33:48 -0500
From: Sharon McAllister <73372.1745@compuserve.com>
Message text written by John Montgomery:
>
Another question: Are there two plants being sold as ESTHER THE QUEEN?
For
many years I grew what I assumed was E the Q when I matched characteristics
to
the check list description. In particular, the falls were a light pastel
greenish color. A couple of years ago due to some bad management, I had to
replace it with a rhizome from the ASI. What I got was quite different.
The
falls were muddy with blotchy brown streaks. Following year I got a
similar
plant from a commercial source. What surprised me was that a friend who
has
been growing ABs since the 50's told me that was the correct E the Q. I
was
not convinced because it didn't match the description as I interpreted it.
I
suspected that it may have been E the Q with a case of color breaking
virus.
The one which is in bloom currently looks like my old E the Q.<
EQ has been in distribution so long that it's quite possible there are
imposters making the rounds.
The real EQ does have willow-green falls. The underside is unmarked except
for a faint reddish-violet flush along the midrib. The top side is lightly
blushed with "Erythrite red", which pales toward the edge so that the
ground color shows through more clearly there. The ground color also shows
through clearly between the stippled markings in the signal area. The
beard was registered as black, but in New Mexico's full sun I'd describe it
as burgundy-black.
The questionable acquisition you describe sounds more like ARAB DUSK, a
child of EQ which has a heavy overlay of red-brown on the falls and a
bronze beard. Side by side, the differences are obvious, but it looks
enough like EQ to have been mistaken for mama at times.
Of course, I can't make a positive ID from just the description, but AD has
demonstrated its worth as a breeder so I hope you haven't tossed it without
testing it!
Sharon McAllister
73372.1745@compuserve.com
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