You know what they say...good things come in small packages :-))) I think it's a beautiful little "mini" and who knows, maybe next year it'll turn into a behemoth. Either way, congratulations!!!

BTW, I love your growing area, it looks like paradise.

I love the green on the petals. I have a weakness for green flowers.

Thanks, Fred. The growing area is made up of an eBay-bought dog run frame, with greenhouse film over the roof. It works well in my situation as I only need to protect the plants from the worst of the summer heat and the occasional rainy period. I noticed that over the last few years we had weeks of rain around the flowering period, and this made a real mess and ruined the newly emerging flower spikes as well as causing havoc with red blotch. So disappointing. This is a good cheap solution for me. I'll keep an eye on my "mini" cybister and see what happens next year. Small is still good, it was only that the expectation was so different!

Thanks, popmama. I also have a fondness for green in flowers, and always find it so appealing!

Julie, your "little one " is beautiful!!! Yes second year bloom can be larger but regardless, it's really lovely.

........I'm sure you are right, and hopefully the true size will show the next time round. It will be interesting to see - I'll update then. A last couple of photos.........

Yup...still gorgeous :-))))

Julie, I must admit - this is gorgeous!

To me it looks a bit like Lima

I think Lima is much darker, more burgundery. And less Papilio, more cybister... But your cross really is gorgeous, Julie!

Can you imagine I dreamed about crossing Lima? How insane that is! And today I have got the 2nd bulb, plus Jungle Star

Julie, I completly agree to what Anja wrote above