Lovely! I'm glad I already put in my order to Royal Colors otherwise I'd *have* to add this one :) I think my future strategy will be to stay away from this forum for a good month before I order so I don't compile a list of lovely bulbs to try!

Thank you so much for sharing -- sure makes the cold weather more bearable when you can see such pretty flowers!

Happy growing,

Liltika

At last someone has grown Chico. I have been interested in this one for awhile. How strange and spidery it is. I love it! Thanks for posting the pictures.

It's wonderful! What an interesting flower! I hope you are successful in getting seed pods, Lostmermaid! It's a special variety, as far as being different goes! I love it!

Lima is quite close as well. The upper petals are darker red and slightly striped. Compared side to side they appear to have similar parentage. My tries at crosses with Lima last year were unsecessful but I think it was due to the DIP and TET stuff.

Lima
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Chico again,
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and then Ruby Meyer which I seem to have forgotten to take a picture of, so here is completely unsatisfactory one borrowed from RC's web page. Obviously I was not on the ball at the end of the season last year (sometime in May this flowered, he was the last if I remember correct)
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They are all very beautiful, Lostmermaid! I do like the cybisters!

It's true that many of them look similar... Jungle Star, Lima, etc... but they each have slightly different characteristics that give them certain appeal... I like them all, and need to add more to my collection next fall!