WHat a beauty that is!

I Have bout 50 seedlings now so In a another 3 years I May be able to do that! I sure wonder where I Am going to put them though...sure would help to be able to plant them outside! I May have to get a grow tunnel for them. THen I could have a lot more, LOL. I also have 4 batches of seed I have not started yet this year.

THe good thing is that I Can use up the flowers in my cut flower business even if I do not keep them after their first blooms. THat will help to pay their board and room bill...

Extremely gorgeous, HoustonPat! I love the deep color and the shape... and there's that green eye again!!

What a nice TAX DAY surprise! Beautiful color and form. I love the red on red! Papilio really shines through!

Kristi

They are all very beautiful Pat! How many seedlings did you get from this cross?

Really beautiful Pat. Is this the first bloom from them?

Just when I have contented myself with the flowers/bulbs that can be bought each year (rather then hybridizing), you tempt me with these beauties! I already bought more papilios and am trying to emulate your cultivation methods so that I, too, might someday see a "garden of papilios" like the ones in your photos. Enough!!! -- just kidding - love the photos and this cross is stunning.

Absolutely gorgeous!

Patrick,

You, Lora and Hans-Werner have definitely been my motivational spirits the last two days as I prepare my two year seedlings for their venture outside and make room in my greenhouse for MORE!

Is this another of the Papilio X Red Lion cross? How many seedlings did you have with that cross?

Cheers!

Pat, the new flower is gorgeous! How exciting it must be to have new flowers on a weekly basis. =) I can't wait for my Papilio to bloom...mine is a bit lazy and doesn't even have any signs of a scape yet. :/

Many thanks ya'll. But the real artist is mother nature. I've tried to post replies but they haven't appeared. I got about a dozen seedlings crossing each way. H. papilio x 'Red Lion' and 'Red Lion x H. papilio. 3 of each batch have bloomed so far. Red Lion seed parent bloomed after the 3rd year, papilio seed parent after the 4th. Only doing a few crosses this year. No luck getting a darker yellow. Got a few nice tangerine colored, but that's it. I now see why others have given up.