Unclaimed Treasure (McAllister, 1990)

Intense, iridescent violet standards. Falls are bright copper on the inner half, blending to a violet base on the outer half that has a brownish overlay. Maroon-black veining in the signal area. The entire flower has a metallic sheen. 

 

A fully fertile halfbred from Welcome Reward X Esther, the Queen. Sets pods with exceptional ease. I've used it in breeding for deep colorfast colors, and consider it to be promising as carrier for pink. It has produced some striking quarterbreds. 

 

Because our seedlings were moved back and forth between our gardens so much, sometimes Gus and I had a hard time keeping track of whose they were. This name came from a brainstorming session for one of those questionable ones. It was clearly a treasure, but we knew it would take a detailed check of the records to know which of us should claim it. For show aficionados, its ASI code is OGB.

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