(Reed, 2017) 50" M 10", dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 18 buds (Skydiving x Cherry Peacock). UF - cascade. Light lemon-cream/near white with a highly contrasting eye of dark purple; it has cream midribs and a light green throat.
Tall and thin, this bloom is pale with a dark-blood eye to haunt you. The bloom, not the scape, can be a little floppy after a big thunderstorm or overhead watering. But on a quiet morning it is stunning and huge.
(Reed, 2017) 38" EM 7.5" dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 21 buds (Flight of Orchids x Earth Jewels) UF - cascade.
Soft lavender cascade with large plum-purple eye bleeding out onto the petals, has a green throat.
This luscious exotic is plum-beautiful colors. Plumbum is the latin word for lead, and is the name of a duckling paperweight that has traveled around our family for 60 years, made by my father in 1939 in engineering grad school at U. Michigan!
(Reed, 2017) 40" M 7.5" dormant, diploid, 3 branches-12 buds, ((Metzger's Purple Storm x (Peacock Curls x Cherry Peacock)) UF - crispate cascade.
Glowing ruby red with tiny white edge on sepals, and green throat that lightens into rose then red.
Out of purple and rose breeding, this has a cerise red color that has great intensity and purity.
Note from Jim: There is no clearer or brighter color in the garden than this flower. If you are looking for clarity, look no further.
(Reed, 2017) 55" La 5.75", dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 24 buds (Tree Turtles x Planet Max) UF - cascade.
Ruffled rose-lavender with a large green-to-cream throat ending in a slight watermark.
In the late garden, a tall clump of Vintage Virginia makes a real statement. Opening slowly, it looks a little old-fashioned in the morning, but opens to a wide bloom later in the day.