Here are photos of the first seedling to bloom. The first stalk had no
appendages at all on the first four blooms, the second stalk had blooms with
the hairy horns on the second and third blooms, but only on two of the
falls. Finally both stalks produced blooms with three hairy horns. So the
first seedling is a complete bust in terms of consistancy. Frankly, I was
surprised at the lack of any appendage. I did expect that much, at least.
Didn't happen.
Otherwise the color didn't do much for me. Not a bad color, but I grow a
lot in this color range and this bloom isn't as good. The deformities that
were discussed here when using two SA parents didn't show up in the
appendages. Not sure abouth the blooms though. Some of #1 had Y formed
blooms - that is two of the falls were more on one side and the other fall
made the tail of the Y. Plant growth is also somewhat squirrelly. Sort of
pineapple type growth. That, though, may be a result of the dogs choosing
this group to dig up more than once last summer. #1 escaped that more than
any other seedling though. Another location might cure that. Overall the
plant growth is quite strong on this plant.
Since this seedling failed the test immediately, it will get tossed as soon
as it finishes blooming.
Donald
