Over the weekend, one of the several seedlings bloomed that I bought a couple of years ago during Tom and Barbara Larkin’s annual Whippoorwill sale in Arkansas. [See last week’s post about another plant I bought at the sale.]
It is a Larkin cross between Pot. Hoku Gem ‘Sun Spots’ x Pot. Little Toshie ‘Gold Country’, AM. When I bought it, I hoped for a mini catt with spotted flowers.
I am disappointed. The flower is not only without spots, it is also without much color distinction.
Disappointed but not surprised. Little is ever guaranteed on the blooming end of an unknown cross.
On the positive side, this little plant is the first to bloom of the many seedlings I bought that day at the sale. The plant is super small and putting out a second bud.
Disappointed, yes. But I’d do it again because a big part of the fun of buying a seedling from a new cross is waiting to see the results.
Does it smell good at least?
Ya just never know. One of Tom’s other recent crosses, Rhyncholaeliocattleya William Farrell x Cattlianthe Straight Answer, disappointed him so much he registered it Cattlianthe Wrong Answer.