Hmmm... there is more of them with each day. Lets talk about standards.

But what I mentioned - EK - Elena Korshunova - large spectacular blossoms, good rosettes, standards. The issue with hers - many plants she named were too close.

LE - Elena Lebetskaja - out of this world gorgeous blossoms. The issue - you start them from leaves... you will get the whole range of saturation - from very pale to very dark. All will be pretty.

RS - Svetlana Repkina - good quality, some variation in starters as well, but not as wild as LE.

AN - Natalia Andreeva - not that many made to our shores. May be not the most spectacular - but high stablility and good rosette. 23 - ,,, the standard trailers she created together with her son. Outstanding.

IAN - Natalia Puminova. Very stable. This lady is not under pressure to feed the family. Only releases 2-4 a year - the cream of the crop.

Boris Makuni - he was the Soviet time hybridizer - no access to the American varieties in parentage. Harder to grow, some of them quite different from what we are used to see nowadays. Vintage look.

I had no idea. I have a couple "LE" and "EK" plants. Now I know that those are initials for actual people. Nice stuff. I have intentions of getting more of them as opportunity allows.

Irina, thanks for the info! I saved it for reference. Rosie