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Jim Sproul
; R# q! l! X. TThis is the BEST of 2007 Hulthemia. Follow the photos from top to bottom to see how it matures.
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, o# b( ~5 k E& G% aI am expecting great things from this hulthemia hybrid seedling. It is the best all around hulthemia
! P# ?8 W$ h. c/ _that I have grown so far. This is the very first bloom on this seedling (photo was taken on 4/21/07).
1 J: S3 J! O3 b8 D/ j% P. M A3 d) u0 fIn my experience, the hulthemia blotch improves considerably with maturity and in cooler weather.
! o% {! p% U- O9 h) CI will expect that the blotch will lighten as the summer warms up, and then darken in the fall. The 0 N9 T; d' t+ z5 L2 U, P
hulthemia blotch also seems to get darker in the second season and onwards. Time will tell....
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( m4 O8 v( z; `Below, I will add updates with future photos to show how the seedling matures.# B/ \9 S+ a; O! |) c' x7 P! c
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In the photo below there are two blooms shown during the second bloom cycle. Notice how the / V" ]3 O Z3 w" L' R/ U
outer parts of the petals are lighter as compared to the first bloom seen above. Colors tend to be
E' `& a- `: h* Ylighter 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.; n, D5 {% E8 M# |
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On June 29, 2007, two buds of the above seedling were grafted outside onto rootstock.8 b6 d/ K/ a3 B7 t7 u1 T/ Y( v' u
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The photo below was taken 6/30/07. I am pleased that the blotch has not faded more.
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This next photo below was taken 9/1/07. We have had about one week with temps. at around 100, with
$ g$ O3 q% d5 W/ I3 l2 kthe last two days being about 105. This seedling by far, has the most heat stable blotch that I have seen.' V' [) j% J" U$ O
* G4 G. o) B( _! V& ^* GThe next two photos were taken on 10/20/07. Already, you can see how the blotch has intensified during the cooler
# F) A8 C; I7 }: @" Dweather. The first photo below was taken inside the greenhouse, while the second photo below was taken outside. ' O2 M1 n& D, P' I8 P; x
The blooms are starting to get back the white halo visible around the blotch that was seen in the young seedling (photo at top).1 V& }- H9 k' ^. W1 N& M( [
Bloom color seems to be very much the same outside as inside (that is not always the case).
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" f6 _1 F. F" ^6 W$ y$ T/ O3 AFinally, here is a spray of the outside grafted plant taken on 10/21/07
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3 N! D% P( d$ }* FHere below is a small spray from a cutting that is blooming outside. Photo was taken on 5/31/08.
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