Just spent the last 20 minutes posting 8 other pics, only to have them disappear! OK, deep breath...

Here's Vorlon Encounter Suit:

Contemplation of Chaos:

Frank's Cat Napping x Mystical Intuition (seed bought off Lily Auction):

Maybe just 3 at a time - just in case...

Alex

3 more now - Bahama Butterscotch, such a lovely color:

Golden Breasted Starling duo:

More to come...

Alex

3 more - Toni's NOID #1 - a Michigan friend; she swears this is something registered in case anyone recognizes it:

A clump of Stella's Ruffled Fingers:

Think I'll call that good for now.

Alex

You got lucky and got a duo on the Golden Breasted Starling. Is this a Lambertson that is a reliable performer for you? Your NOID might be Martha Hale, though it is a lot prettier here.

So glad to see your blooms starting! I think there will be lots more to come where you say you “really like” them! Especially when all your seedlings begin. These are really pretty.

Very pretty Alex. Vorlon Encounter Suit is a very good color. I really like it.

Brad

Mantis - GBS didn't look too well this spring, but now it appears to be doing better; time will tell.

Kate - am just about to the hair-pulling stage - lol - waiting for things to open. I think all but maybe 1 of those from you have scapes, and, of course, I haven't seen any of them except for a couple that bloomed right after I planted, and I don't count because I know they didn't have near the ummph they will have now. Want to see that white spider NOID and the veined NOID especially!

Brad - I just LOVE Vorlon Encounter Suit. It was a gift along with some others - including Contemplation of Chaos - from the breeder Brian Reeder when I ordered his Vorlon Revelation. His, in photos, demonstrated much more dramatic UF formation, which I suspect this will too given time. Am using it's pollen already. The photo doesn't do that eye justice - it's a true black-black, and is outstanding on that purple background.

Great Breasted Starling still catches my eye. It's the color combination that draws me. It would probably blah out in my heat but for you it obviously looks great...........Wandering Werribee seedling is a nice yellow. Looks very cheery...........Maryl

I'm glad you like Rainbow Dragon. I remember you asking me about it last year. I like today's Wandering Werribee seedling. And Golden Breasted Starling is always an eye catcher.

Debra

Thanks, folks!

Lots of different ones, thanks for sharing. I love the color and look of Vorlon Encounter Suit!

GoldBreasted Starling got me again today. Had to be a Lambertson, darn it. Still worried about my Ls surviving here.

Sherry

Golden Breasted Starling is one I would pick as it is unusual. It has something that I've never seen before. Great post.

I like Rainbow Dragon really well, also Vorlon Encounter Suit, and the Franks Catnapping seedling.

kay

Celeste - it did just get planted this spring, and already it's blooming like gangbusters! Brian Reeder really sent me some full hardy plants. Crossing my fingers that it increases like crazy, too. And sorry to hear you went through that process as well, putting up pics - which take FOREVER - and then just seeing them disappear. Grrrrr..........

Again, keeping my eye on Golden-Breasted Starling, to see how it does. It's very short right now, and it was a surprise to me to see it put up a scape. And then be so pretty. Sherry, I'm zone 5a too, though the garden area is a bit protected and may possibly be a zone 5b microclimate.

Alex

Alex, Love your Rainbow Dragon ! Interesting to see that the sepals sport the pattern eye too .

Vorlon Encounter Suit is really intense coloring . Does the bloom hold its color in the rain? A lot of my really dark purple either spot or get completely stripped of color when we get rain . We had rain today and Hermitage Newton looked like someone wiped the deep color off the bloom to reveal the red tone underneath.

OOoh ! I like your Frank's Cat Napping x Mystical Intuition a lot ! The double edge on it is really lovely mimicking the eye. .

Heather - haven't seen Vorlon after rain yet, but the heat does strip some of the color a bit.

I like Frank's Cat, too! I'm thinking it will look even better next year; have already used it in a cross or two. And Rainbow Dragon I am really enamored with, but wait, oh wait till I post the picture of Solaris Symmetry which bloomed today! So far my favorite of anything i've seen.

Alex

Waiting impatiently .....looking forward to seeing Solaris Symmetry....... another I haven;t heard of till now .

I am liking Rainbow Dragon, and Golden Breasted Starling looks amazing! I will be watching to see how it does for you.