Gorgeous form and clean color. This is awardable! Show it!A second seedling from the same flask just bloomed out and was able to hold two flowers. A few more seedlings on the way in sheath. Plan to post them in this thread as they bloom so I can track them.
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One is slightly reflexed but hidden behind the petals the second flower is straight.
Seedling ‘#1’, second blooming. Two flowers, similar measurements. Much better dorsal performanceThat’s a great size in both parts! Awardable in my opinion with 2-3 flowers. A keeper.
The dorsal is fine and can be trained lol.
Interesting. It is likely that the Bob Betts seedlings are tetraploid like the parents must be. Tetraploids can be slower growing, but I suspect that the other parents in your crosses are probably also tetraploid to be as good as they are. The only other thing I can think of is that Bob Betts has a lot more mossiae in its makeup (about 2/3) whereas the other crosses are all under 50% mossiae. Mossiae has very minimal rain in the natural habitat Jan/Feb/Mar getting only some dew and mist. That might make some Bob Betts are little more sensitive to constant high moisture and nutrition. Realize that I have never grown a flask out, so what do I know!
Bob Betts is Bow Bells x "mossiae", but many think the "mossiae" in the original Bob Betts is 'speciosissima' 'Snow Queen' which is actually Gravesiana. (which is also 4N).
