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« Reply #180 on: August 24, 2010, 09:33:12 AM » |
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Yummy photos from everyone. A feast for the eyes!
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« Reply #181 on: August 24, 2010, 10:06:05 AM » |
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My first Dragon's Heart bloom with some Belle du Jour for color comparison. I have to admit it made my heart race...it's absolutely gorgeous and so dark (the cool summer was good for something)  |
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« Reply #182 on: August 24, 2010, 10:50:07 AM » |
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One more, a bit more open now
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« Reply #183 on: August 24, 2010, 01:19:46 PM » |
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I love that Dragon heart  Mine is taking a rest, no more buds  BUT I had a first Byron Metts bloom today along with a very dark black dragon. |
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« Reply #184 on: August 24, 2010, 02:02:37 PM » |
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it's impossible to properly expose for those two |
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« Reply #185 on: August 24, 2010, 10:30:49 PM » |
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yeah the iphone has issues compensating for the dark color of Black Dragon and the bright white of Byron Metts I need to get a real camera one of these days... |
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« Reply #186 on: August 25, 2010, 06:22:17 AM » |
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Even a 'real' camera would have trouble capturing the high dynamic range you have here. Black Dragon is living up to its name with its color but lets Byron Metts have all the glory...what a gentle dragon |
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« Reply #187 on: August 25, 2010, 07:00:59 AM » |
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A great duo, Chris. As you probably know, Byron Metts sets seeds....
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« Reply #188 on: August 25, 2010, 07:03:17 AM » |
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Beautiful Dragon's Heart, Uli. Looks like that one had very heavy texture, too.
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« Reply #189 on: August 25, 2010, 11:49:16 AM » |
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Sadly this byron metts flower was totally male, because it didn't make a stigma!
Have you used B. Metts at all in hybridizing?
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« Reply #190 on: August 25, 2010, 02:14:53 PM » |
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Yes, it is generally a lightener - makes lighter versions of whatever is put on it. But the potential remains for something big and in particular a big white with a better bush. I am watching a sort of garden variety light pink i got out of it that blooms like crazy as well as a cross of it with Renaissance Blue that is all white with the tiniest hint of a color in the eye.
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« Reply #191 on: August 25, 2010, 09:12:06 PM » |
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Such beautiful blooms everyone! I received a wonderful late wedding gift from a friend and thought I would share one of the 4 blooms on the plant. I took some close ups, been dreaming of getting my new camera, this one will have to do for now... It bloomed in the box, so it may be a touch different, it is smaller then it should, but still beautiful.
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« Reply #192 on: August 25, 2010, 09:16:02 PM » |
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Also my girl Belle finally came out to play. The spider mites have been giving her a run for her money. She is tough though, she bounces back with a vengeance!
Bloom is still really small, but I'll take it. I mixed her with Simple Pleasures.
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« Reply #193 on: August 26, 2010, 08:06:32 AM » |
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A Stolen Kiss - slightly different than the previous bloom  |
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« Reply #194 on: August 26, 2010, 08:40:15 AM » |
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Kristen, as a German living in SoCal I'm immediately drawn to the background in the Belle on the deck shot...it's sooo green. Sigh! I also noticed the pots, they look pretty. What material are they? Beautiful August blooms, everyone |
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