Re: CULT: Arilbred color changes
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Arilbred color changes
- From: "* M* <i*@email.msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 18:03:12 -0600 (MDT)
Sharon wrote:
>Actually, this is typical of layered-pigment
>arilbreds. I'm not the only one working =
>
>with them, but I've introduced quite a few.
>
Sharon--this is very cool. The layering of pigments sure explains how these
colors change, and it's something I hadn't thought through before. Thanks
for the update.
Right now I have DESERT TRUMPET showing a simplified version of the layering
effect. Today's open flower is amethyst in the standards and rosy to red on
the falls with a yellow influence; yesterday's is pale amethyst standards
and definitely yellow falls with rosy streaking. The two flowers look so
different I had peole asking what those two plants were. But they are both
stunning, and I'd hate to have to pick which I like better.
Some of yours undoubtedly have many more layers, so the changes are more
complex, and some of them (WAR DRUMS, for instance) I like better when
fresh, but some (RHINESTONE COWGIRL is one) I like at least as well when
it's faded. You're right--this is a process, not an event, and that makes
it even more interesting.
I've never had an AB season as good as this one--it's been fabulous!
Barb in Santa Fe
