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This is the BEST of 2007 Hulthemia. Follow the photos from top to bottom to see how it matures.: [5 W# W2 t$ F$ z \ b
& b1 i: {5 f k* u: xI am expecting great things from this hulthemia hybrid seedling. It is the best all around hulthemia + e2 ?4 b5 ?) f- i) i
that I have grown so far. This is the very first bloom on this seedling (photo was taken on 4/21/07). ) Y3 B. j2 C8 R n6 H! \& H) e d
In my experience, the hulthemia blotch improves considerably with maturity and in cooler weather.
5 C" j/ s9 L% L/ {7 O, Z1 ]5 kI will expect that the blotch will lighten as the summer warms up, and then darken in the fall. The
& e& A' R3 i$ U; m( [" E m, L0 Ihulthemia blotch also seems to get darker in the second season and onwards. Time will tell....
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/ C( q7 {0 H/ W" VBelow, I will add updates with future photos to show how the seedling matures.! \8 x+ q; \1 ^; B
( Y' ^/ Y5 x- T4 k% TIn the photo below there are two blooms shown during the second bloom cycle. Notice how the / A. |2 w5 m9 ^
outer parts of the petals are lighter as compared to the first bloom seen above. Colors tend to be # V' W2 g7 g/ V' k* W
lighter as the weather warms up. Photo was taken on May 12, 2007.
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, r2 s4 W8 e6 X. FThe photo below is of the plant finishing out its second bloom cycle and was taken on 5/28/07.: P6 T+ M$ c) u9 J) Y
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On June 29, 2007, two buds of the above seedling were grafted outside onto rootstock.
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The photo below was taken 6/30/07. I am pleased that the blotch has not faded more.; D: F7 ]. B D2 y
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This next photo below was taken 9/1/07. We have had about one week with temps. at around 100, with2 L9 b$ w g/ x% f1 @
the last two days being about 105. This seedling by far, has the most heat stable blotch that I have seen.3 I2 F+ \9 O) @5 m4 I
+ l2 E/ L# W+ O# I, v' n3 M$ [The next two photos were taken on 10/20/07. Already, you can see how the blotch has intensified during the cooler
# f: s8 C" I# C+ L# vweather. The first photo below was taken inside the greenhouse, while the second photo below was taken outside. 1 z7 X# r2 X2 ]# \
The blooms are starting to get back the white halo visible around the blotch that was seen in the young seedling (photo at top).
, t* z+ X% q) J( F. hBloom color seems to be very much the same outside as inside (that is not always the case).
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Finally, here is a spray of the outside grafted plant taken on 10/21/073 l, i1 l/ r+ Z# s S8 k4 g
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Here below is a small spray from a cutting that is blooming outside. Photo was taken on 5/31/08. o* \7 q: {) J* d
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