HYB: still a few

Well, whenever I find the gumption to do it I have two whole beds of seedlings
to dump; only one "save" in the lot (a SA variegata luminata with great
appendages).  A lot of Double Dribble stuff did not turn out well, and the
Throb X Dream Lord cross was a lot of uglier versions of Bengal Tiger.  That
was a what-the-heck cross anyway; I guess I got what I deserved.  One of my
better crosses to bloom this year was a (low expectations) (Rock Star x Gnu) X
(Laugh Lines).  Laugh Lines may be a good parent.  Only about 4 - 6 seedlings
in heavy shade between a rock wall, 3 king palms, a variegated flax, and a
banana bush.  The first to open was a nicely ruffled, heavily marked plum
thing; the second one opened today.  It was a nicely ruffled and serrated,
heavily marked, veined and dotted violet-plum thing.  A bit of white ground
shows in a small zonal area with about 50% dotting and no veining; the rest of
the falls are heavily veined in a hard-to-describe way that blurs the white
"ground" and reduces the contrast.  I like the even veining; only the petal
edges are a solid color.  The standards average out to about the same color,
with a less exotic almost-solid wash of stippling.  The snails (bad this year)
got about half the flower.

John Reeds

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