![]() (McAllister, 1996) White ground of the standards has mulberry-purple dotting and veining concentrated intensely around the edges. Soft yellow style arms have purple midrib and crests. The ground color of the falls, which shades from white in the throat to soft yellow on the blade, is covered with a network of mulberry-purple dots and veins. The purple-tipped-mustard beard is surrounded by intense bright purple dotting, and a linear bright purple signal. A classic ¼-bred from Rose Colored Glasses X Hindu Magic. No evidence of fertility, so far, but not tried with tetraploid arils. Its form is not globular, but rounded enough to show its aril heritage. The appearance of the flower itself suggested the name. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was still available. Its intricate pattern of aril-like dotting and veining has made garden visitors question that it's "really" just a ¼-bred, but - yes- it's from a carefully controlled cross, selected as the sib with the most aril characteristics. It seems to grow almost as fast as its namesake. For show aficionados, its ASI code is OGB-. |
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