Last for the evening ..
Saw this one , about 5 florets just openned and still a young bloom .
It just oozed quality — probably the best perianth I have seen on a tazetta .
Wilf agree and said it was very promising .
When I asked the breeding , I got a cheesey grin and a sad story .
We have all done this , haven,t we ..
Clearing out the bulb section of the shed at the end of the planting season (2008 ) ,
and find a small netlon bag of bulbs .
NO LABEL — you know the feeling ! ! ! .Scratch your head .
Was it an Order .. Big bulbs , obviously tazettas — confused .
To late to worry and so Wilf plants the 3 big bulbs ..
Late planting and tazettas don,t like being moved ; but it was very good last season
if only on short stems ..
This season 3 stems of a realy stunning , show stopper …
Well done Wilf — they don,t need a flash pedigree to impress the judges .
Cheers John .
—– Original Message —–
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:46 PM
Subject: Unidentified 8W-Y seedling
Hi John,
As promised the photo of the nice 8W-Y before I savagely attacked it to spread some pollen. The closest match so far after looking again at AVX-80 is that seedling. Time might tell. As I said, not as well focused as I would have liked but I was desperate to get some pollen on to it before the temperature started to drop.
Cheers Wilf