Pot. Heaven's Gate `Crystelle'

[sam1147]

Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

Wowza!

That second picture just took it to a whole new level. That's a drop-dead gorgeous bloom.

Yes-without sun light the color is very close to black. Even darker then in that photo.

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Originally Posted by orchidman77

I looked up the parentage after my last post and was delighted to find that Rlc. Carolina Splendor is one of the parents. I recently purchased a seedling from the C&H remake of that cross and I am remembering how excited I am to see this plant flower! It looks to be an excellent cross.

David

The dark hue comes from the Oconee parent.

[RJSquirrel]

25 species ancestors and it gets the deep red from the 0.05% coccinea, the only RED flower in its background