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Hibiscus Talk => Hibiscus Mystery Game => Topic started by: farmer d on July 05, 2011, 03:31:19 PM



Title: July Mystery Bloom - can you guess which this is ??
Post by: farmer d on July 05, 2011, 03:31:19 PM
This bloom surprised me today, really pretty and not what I expected from this CV.  Good luck guessing on which one it is...
(http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m613/darreneminian/DSC02228.jpg)

(http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m613/darreneminian/DSC02229.jpg)

Farmer D


Title: Re: July Mystery Bloom - can you guess which this is ??
Post by: davidwood on July 07, 2011, 12:15:58 AM
Not sure Hot Pepper or Chariots of Fire and I think I will say Hot Pepper, I know thats 2 guesses but as there only seems to be me playing I dont care haha.


Title: Re: July Mystery Bloom - can you guess which this is ??
Post by: Yashodhara on July 07, 2011, 09:32:39 AM
'Caribbean Beauty' or 'Hot Babe'?



Title: Re: July Mystery Bloom - can you guess which this is ??
Post by: farmer d on July 07, 2011, 01:57:23 PM
Great guesses so far...but not the correct answer yet.

I can say that this CV was not introduced until New Years Day this year and the name is just one word starting with a letter in the second half of the alphabet.

I got a sneaky feeling Charlie didn't offer too many of these from the start but would love to know who else has it too...

Hot Stuff Here - Farmer D


Title: Re: July Mystery Bloom - can you guess which this is ??
Post by: Doll on July 07, 2011, 02:25:32 PM
Darren, is it Prosperity?


Title: Re: July Mystery Bloom - can you guess which this is ??
Post by: Yashodhara on July 07, 2011, 03:15:48 PM
I second Doll's guess - 'Prosperity'!  ;D


Title: Re: July Mystery Bloom - can you guess which this is ??
Post by: farmer d on July 07, 2011, 03:39:51 PM
Wow - getting really close but still not the correct CV. 

When I say hot I mean hot!

Farmer D


Title: Re: July Mystery Bloom - can you guess which this is ??
Post by: Yashodhara on July 07, 2011, 03:52:11 PM
'Sizzle' for the win!!!


Title: Re: July Mystery Bloom - can you guess which this is ??
Post by: Charlie on July 07, 2011, 04:41:40 PM
Good tries, everybody. I couldn't figure this one out either until Farmer D gave the hints. It's Picante, although somewhat sun fried in Darren's garden pic. Below are photos of Picante, Sizzle, and Prosperity from the shaded part of the greenhouse.

Charlie


Title: Re: July Mystery Bloom - can you guess which this is ??
Post by: farmer d on July 07, 2011, 05:22:52 PM
Right on Charlie!!!

Now the one thing about this bloom that is really surprising is that it opened with these colors.  At first look at the pics I would also think it is sunfried but it started this way and surprisingly kept these colors all day.

I guess you could say it opened up sunfried...but what a pretty look that really brings out the eye.  Didn't know it could go so pink - very nice!

Here is a typical bloom I have been getting up until this one...and the hot, humid weather....
(http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/m613/darreneminian/DSC02050.jpg)

Farmer D


Title: Re: July Mystery Bloom - can you guess which this is ??
Post by: Yashodhara on July 07, 2011, 05:31:40 PM
"Doh!"
*scratches "professional game show contestant" off list of ways to fund move to Malibu*  :P


Title: Re: July Mystery Bloom - Newport Sunshine???
Post by: 1618 on July 26, 2011, 11:31:20 AM
I just had a first bloom today on this new arrival from HVH. It's labelled as Newport Sunshine but does not look at all like what I expected from this cv. Any ideas what this one really is??? Its kind of a brownish orange color, faces smartly upright, and is a pretty good size of about 7 inches. Considering this is still a small plant in a pot and I usually grow blooms smaller than they are supposed to be I would think this is a large flowered cv.

Ian


Title: Re: July Mystery Bloom - can you guess which this is ??
Post by: Charlie on July 27, 2011, 08:02:40 AM
Sorry about that Len. It's definitely not Newport Sunshine.

It's hard to say from that one photo which one of our new varieties it is. I think it's Red Light, a Saffron x Dragon's Breath offspring. Flowers are 8 inch plus on mature plants with good form and intense color.

Below is a photo for comparison.

Charlie