Thanks Rick, Burrell's article is good, interesting seeing the cultivars listed, I have many of them as I'm seeking out cristata cultivars for a hybridization effort, I'd like to find a few that I don't have yet. On that list I see more that are named selectionss from the wild, such as several Don Jacobs selections (my fav is 'Eco Orchid Giant', looks similar to 'Powder Blue Giant' also wild selected but from a different State, minor but discernable differences).
Dirt, not suggesting you do anything with NGA plant records, merely looking for more info on this early cultivar with which to make a determination, finding details on older cultivars can be scant and hard to make positive determinations. Last year Jan Sacks generously gave me a collection of named cultivars to add to my current collection, and very happy to get true plants on a few that are sometimes mixed up in cultivation. Had a couple of blooms on 'McDonald' and what joy seeing that ever-so-soft palest blue color, and I got true 'Navy Blue Gem' not the medium blue thing going around under that name.
Asa, you're chasing phantoms.
