Why do you call him "she"?

;-)))

LOL, guess I am biased. LOL J/K

now THAT is funny! I bought this plant from David. I wish "it" would bloom this week.

My husband calls them all "he." It drives me nuts for some reason.

Diana

Does anyone remember when they called the Best in Show plant the Queen of Show? I guess that that has gone beyond the wayside, besides I think that a plant with girl leaves could be a she plant. But a King? Then there is the girl leaf plant of PERSIAN PRINCE. That should be Persian Princess.
Persian Prince (8266) 07/28/1995 (S. Sorano) Semidouble medium blue pansy. Medium green, ovate, scalloped girl foliage. Miniature
Persian Princess (9838) 01/12/2008 (K. Dean) Single medium blue pansy/thin dark blue edge. Crown variegated medium green and yellow, ovate, scalloped girl foliage. Miniature
I wonder why Sydney Sorano didn't do that, now with Persian Princess being registered it can't be changed.

Fred in NJ

I would have liked to have heard the discussion when they changed the Queen of Show :).

That is odd about Persian Prince. I never tried either of them.

I'm fairly certainly that Fantasy Girl and Navy Girl sulk when they get called "he."

Diana

Fred, who was Sidney in the Sorano family? Was she Paul's wife?

Yes. Sydney was Paul's wife. Sadly she has not done any hybridizing since the divorce or at least I haven't seen any new hybrids in FC2.
Fred in NJ

I talk to my plants and of course about them. I guess I do refer to them as she or he. Any with girl foilage are definitely she. Your King David is gorgeous!

Mary

Your King David is gorgeous!

I started a leaf from someone else's plant I was repotting. Of course you don't get a chimera that way, but the resulting blooms were very pretty too: purple with a white ruffled edge and white fantasy.

That sounds pretty Donna! Love any bloom with fantasy in it.:)

Here is King David with more blooms open
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