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chalyse said:Maurice, can you clarify if you feel certain the yellow flowered fan would be a sport without determining if it is connected to the original plant? It seems that this possibility is being assumed by virtue of split-flowers showing up, rather than examining a connection to the original fan/s

The fan with the split coloured flowers is difficult to explain by a simple dropped seed from a natural pollination. That is emphasized if those split coloured flowers are the same size, shape, etc., and have parts of the flower with exactly the same colour as the original Flasher. If also the fan with the solid yellow flowers has flowers that are the same size, shape, flowering time, scape height, etc., as both the original Flasher and the fan with the split coloured flowers and the yellow colour is exactly the same shade as the yellow portions on the split coloured fan then again that would be quite difficult to explain simply by a dropped seed.

At the moment, from the photos, my opinion is that a sport of some sort has occurred. Whether it is consistent from year to year in those fans is a different question. It would be good if many photos were taken of Flasher flowers, and flowers blooming on the same days on the two unusual fans. It would also be good if measurements were taken of flower sizes, scape heights, time that first flower opened, etc.,