I went back and looked at my notes, and these are all from the same pod. An interesting side note is that the pod parent (Sweet Surrender) appeared to be either virused or on it's last legs. The flower (and plant) was only half the size it should have been. Of course, I pulled it as soon as the pod ripened.
I do tend to keep duplicated crosses separate if there is a lot of seed. My preliminary results with the first blooms of duplicated crosses actually seem to show a difference from pod to pod! Not sure why that would or could be.
I forgot to mention that most of those pics were taken around noon today in the sweltering heat. (One does what he must in the time allotted.) The stress really shows on the blooms, with many looking thin, depleted and curling in more than might normally be. The design patterns should be fairly true, though. About half of them had their first bloom last season. These are the pics of them from last year. You can see how much happier they are. :nodding:
Moby, that tip marking characteristic comes from Dots and Dashs. Most people don't even notice it since the flower is so "busy" already.
As far as predictability, I guess it seems that way, but really, you just never know\ for sure.
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