Leo Schordje
wilted blossom
With regards to breeding, kovachii is very much like schlimii & fisheri, in that kovachii supresses the yellow or green background colors of the other parent. The orange-red of besseae is really purple anthocyanin, layered over a bright yellow - the same yellow seen in the besseae flavum form. Kovachii will supress the background color, changing it to white. The purple of kovachii is due to the anthocyanin. A flower just opening starts out quite dark, almost blue purple, but as it expands the density of the pigment thins out, allowing the white background to show through. White with a wash of purple over it looks pink. Almost all kovachii, even the dark ones, fade to a pink color as the flower ages. Right before the flower drops they are all pink.
Because kovachii produces anthocyanins over all of its flower segments, I expect a deeper shade of pink than I would of schlimii hybrids, but otherwise one could predict color from kovachii crosses by looking at similar schlimii crosses and think bigger with more intense pink & spread around the whole flower.
Because kovachii produces anthocyanins over all of its flower segments, I expect a deeper shade of pink than I would of schlimii hybrids, but otherwise one could predict color from kovachii crosses by looking at similar schlimii crosses and think bigger with more intense pink & spread around the whole flower.
