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17 years ago

Plodding around in my PJs all day, with no real energy, I did stop and look and the Hippis that are about to bloom. Vera definitely is more pigmented on the outside of her swelling blooms than Apple Blossom. Maybe it was just that 1 Vera that was mislabled?! Hope so. Jewel, is open just enough to peek into and see the brown eye. Wish my nose would clear up so I can smell her! The 2nd scape of President Johnson is showing 4 blooms that are getting fuller and fuller. These are showing the red Picotee-type edging that I had expected with the first scape. And...little Jade Serpent's bud is just starting to emerge from the tough little sheath that it was hiding under. Many Hippis that have already bloomed are cranking out their 2nd or 3rd scape, so the beauty won't stop for a while. My Exotics (seed) x Red Pearl (pollen) seed pod is ripe and cracked open today so I will be sending those out soon. Looks like a few others are close as they are full and starting to wrinkle/fade. Will try and batch seeds.

Have a Hippi Night!

Kristi

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jodik_gw
17 years ago
You sound very much like I did last year! I had so many bulbs, every one new to me... and so many put up second and third scapes! It was an amazing year and an amazing experience! It was all so exciting for me, and I can tell you're having a great time with it all, too!

Call me bad, or call me lacking in a proper level of caffeine... but... all I could do was chuckle at your mention of Jewel and her brown eye! And I chuckled again at your wish to smell her! I am sooo bad! I know what you meant, of course, but all I could think of was the joke about watching a cat walk away, and saying, "There goes old one eye!" Insomnia does crazy things to one's brain!

I have only collected seeds from Lemon Star so far... Evergreen still has one pod that has not aborted, and I've got my fingers crossed! Last week, I thought it might be two pods... but one aborted midway through ripening. You win some, you lose some...

It'll be nice to see photos of all your kids and their second and third scapes... and at the risk of sounding sick and twisted, I can't wait to see your Jewel... and her brown eye! (snicker, snicker!)
kaboehm (zone 9a, TX USA)
Original Author
17 years ago
OK...I don't know the joke about "one eye", but imagine it has something to do with a cat walking away with its tail up and what you would see. Jewel is much more respectable than a cat's butt!
;-)
K
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jodik_gw
17 years ago
Yep... that's the joke! :-)

I know Jewel is lovely, and I can't wait to get one, myself! I don't know why I didn't order one last year... I guess it had to grow on me, because when I first saw it online in pictures, I wasn't really liking the doubles that much. But when you add it's pristine beauty with a scent... well, how can I resist?!

President Johnson is another that bears looking at more than once... I think you have to see some of them multiple times before they stick with you... the order of my wish list changes constantly!

Let's be honest... I want one of everything, and two or more of some I REALLY like! :-)