Hi Donna,

She is beautiful and I'm sure pictures don't do her justice.

Warm Regards,
Fred

Very pretty! Do you see a 3rd scape??
K

Donna,

I like her - she is different looking. Very nice! - J

Just the two scapes for now. My husband's unsolicited remark was that the flowers were interesting, and reminded him of silk flowers.I don't believe I'll do any hybridizing with her though although I will save the pollen if anyone is interested, I should have loads of it!

Donnaâºâº

Beautiful, Donna!
Chinh

Very pretty , not usual , and she seems vigourous , was it a big/beautifull bulb ?

Thanks everyone, and yes it was a fairly big bulb. Here are a few more shots I took this morning.

This is the most accurate color so far, it is quite green..

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and taken in the early morning sun..

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Donnaâºâº

It always amazes me the differences in coloring on some of our flowers. My Melfi is flowering now and her color is very different than yours, Donna. Mine was outside while the scape was emerging and it was pretty cool...down in the low 40's (F) at night for a couple of weeks. I wonder if that has anything to do with it.

Here are a couple pictures of mine.

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Of course, it may be a mislabel for all I know. Most of mine so far this year have been wrong. :/

Nancy

Hi Donna,

I love the shot with the early morning sun. It has such a warm look to it.

Warm Regards,
Fred

Mitsukiwi,
May be it is rather Toscana? Melfi has brown colored ovary, whereas Toscana the green.

This post was edited by oleg9grower on Tue, Dec 30, 14 at 0:15

Oh wow Oleg! I believe you are correct. I wondered how they could be that different. I really like this one but now RC doesn't have anymore Melfis! Maybe next year 'cause I really like Donna's too. :)

Thank you so much Oleg!

Nancy

I wonder how Toscano ended up in the same bin as Melfi! They must have come mixed directly from the grower as I don't think RC has offered Toscano for a year or more, (I could be wrong of course.) Obviously they do look alike and I wonder if anyone else ended up with a Toscano rather than Melfi; those of you who ordered more than one of each may get a nice surprise and end up with both!

Here is a close-up of Melfi's ovaries and they are indeed a darker brownish green as Oleg pointed out.

Donnaâºâº