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Jim Sproul
! ?& p Q7 R/ k# BThis is the BEST of 2007 Hulthemia. Follow the photos from top to bottom to see how it matures./ ]3 j: j' ]2 n
7 k3 N1 \' j4 p# Y" z1 Z4 {I am expecting great things from this hulthemia hybrid seedling. It is the best all around hulthemia 5 [9 M( B; w7 t+ Q1 m+ r5 }8 n
that I have grown so far. This is the very first bloom on this seedling (photo was taken on 4/21/07).
9 L6 x' ?4 j4 f# D/ V6 cIn my experience, the hulthemia blotch improves considerably with maturity and in cooler weather.
/ y3 c+ |, E: u4 m4 S4 ]# \I will expect that the blotch will lighten as the summer warms up, and then darken in the fall. The . y' } Q2 y( Q
hulthemia blotch also seems to get darker in the second season and onwards. Time will tell....
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Below, I will add updates with future photos to show how the seedling matures.
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/ d0 g4 d3 q. f U2 oIn the photo below there are two blooms shown during the second bloom cycle. Notice how the
$ b% K9 B. d# A4 Youter parts of the petals are lighter as compared to the first bloom seen above. Colors tend to be
$ n4 K+ W3 @& q4 s) Xlighter as the weather warms up. Photo was taken on May 12, 2007.
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The photo below is of the plant finishing out its second bloom cycle and was taken on 5/28/07.
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2 m. A u o6 e- V4 i1 ?On June 29, 2007, two buds of the above seedling were grafted outside onto rootstock.
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- T+ y4 w" C+ a6 J. ^The photo below was taken 6/30/07. I am pleased that the blotch has not faded more.! W! S' k7 h8 K ]: s) F
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, f( U% p" O' v, O% FThis next photo below was taken 9/1/07. We have had about one week with temps. at around 100, with
1 r: ]2 R& ^" P8 V* C ~" ]* Zthe last two days being about 105. This seedling by far, has the most heat stable blotch that I have seen.
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: h% z0 n2 Q* O) }2 Z, GThe next two photos were taken on 10/20/07. Already, you can see how the blotch has intensified during the cooler8 g" I. F; z/ J: |
weather. The first photo below was taken inside the greenhouse, while the second photo below was taken outside. $ M8 x9 M) Z2 I" k3 N8 O) l0 f! G# D* S
The blooms are starting to get back the white halo visible around the blotch that was seen in the young seedling (photo at top).
' q, z) p' F- ?! i; G2 D4 ~, ZBloom color seems to be very much the same outside as inside (that is not always the case).3 [; ~# K& ?- }# m
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Finally, here is a spray of the outside grafted plant taken on 10/21/07' x# u2 U& k2 Q, z0 P
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9 ^, V3 b& `/ {5 y- M( u* r, JHere below is a small spray from a cutting that is blooming outside. Photo was taken on 5/31/08.8 \. c3 `# J$ G8 |9 o
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