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An early April Fools Joke ?

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The Joke is on me, I was  sure fooled, this is the flower we were discussing  2 days ago about it being a division six.  No discussion now, no it’s not a 6. It’s interesting that it reversed the normal procedure of a daffodil opening. It went from closed to reversed, then back to open. There is a sister seedling that will be opening in a few days, I am going to watch this close. Am a little disappointed, I liked the first version better.

First version

January blooms 2016 014

Feb 2016 blooms 001Feb 2016 blooms 002

Was hoping to get a green cupped division six with the next two crosses, didn’t happen, so far anyway. No green, no reflex. But, if I could bottle the fragrance of these, I would be on easy street.

Feb 2016 blooms 003   Vineland 6y-y x Lima’s Green Road , thought I would get good reflex here, as Vineland has great reflex.

Feb 2016 blooms 004  Jetfire x Lima’s Green Road

Not sure what this next seedling is , just appeared last year. Little Flick, Kawa Kawa, Pequenita, and MS 434 are nearby. Probably a MS434 seedling but none of the above are even close to blooming this early. But wait, wouldn’t a nice green cup look good on this. Where’s my viridiflorus pollen?

Feb 2016 blooms 007

One of the first cyclamineus miniatures to bloom.

Feb 2016 blooms 008  02-40 x 06-39

A dubius cross in bloom for first time.

Feb 2016 blooms 009   Lighting Fire x dubius, The single bloom is miniature size but with other blooms coming the spike will probably be just too big to enter as a miniature.

That’s all folks, for tonight anyway.

Larry

 

 

 

 

2 comments for “An early April Fools Joke ?”

  1. Hi Larry, Happy Spring!  You’ve got such nice things in the pipeline, congratulations!  I’m piping up here because I think you’re not appreciating that little MS434 seedling enough, and it deserves more respect!  :)  With all the yellow and white reflexed early-blooming flowers, I think there is an actual NEED for a super-early little round flower.  I know I have nothing that size and shape, except Pequenita, which blooms a little later for me than the season 1 reported by Daffseek. (The chubby cyc and Lighting Fire x dubius cross are also very nice – great color on that tazetta).

    Suzy

  2. Hi Larry,

    I liked it better as a Div. 6, too!  But I really like the one whose ancestry you don’t know.  Great form.   Love the color in your dubius cross.

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