Midnight Sun

12 years ago

First bloom of a small plant raised from a leaf in a north window under a dome. The leaves are very dark green, wavy, curve downward and glossy. The bloom is very deep, dark, velvety red. The camera flash makes the colors seem lighter. Has about 8 bloomstsalks with unopened buds. Small standard from Lyndon Lyon. Very symmetrical. Joanne

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jessie1754
12 years ago
Very pretty plant Joanne.Hope it does well. Would sure like to get a leaf from you some day. Jessie
terrilou
12 years ago
Beautiful color!
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fortyseven_gw
Original Author
12 years ago
They're too young to remove leaves, which would ruin the symmetry. I grew them from leaves I salvaged from parent plants. This variety does not grow a lot of extra leaves, it stays small. J

This post was edited by fortyseven on Fri, Aug 15, 14 at 22:00
fortyseven_gw
Original Author
12 years ago
Updated red. Undersides of leaves are same shade of red as the blooms. First bloom cycle.

This post was edited by fortyseven on Fri, Aug 15, 14 at 22:07
bloodyfrancois
12 years ago
Very beautiful! I love red too.
aegis1000
12 years ago
Very nice plant.

I had a Midnight Sun for a while back in the day .... it was one of my first from LLG.

Unfortunately, I think that my relative AV inexperience back then eventually did it in.
fortyseven_gw
Original Author
12 years ago
About six months ago, after returning from a trip when plants got dried out, I overwatered and somehow managed to kill a matched set of Midnight Sun that I had for several years. I salvaged a few leaves. The result is a flock of these small plants. Fortunately, the plant itself is still available from LLG, the grower. Joanne

This post was edited by fortyseven on Thu, Aug 28, 14 at 14:48