Wetzel, '05 - 24" EMRe 4" Lemon yellow self, 75% polytepal blooms

Dickerson, '02 - 24" E 7" dor.dip. Purple with orchid edge, green throat

Reed, 2006 - 40" E 6.5" dor.dip. Early silvery pink spidery crab form

This bloom stands out in the early season garden with its intense silvery-mauve pink color and crisp form. The blooms are open in the throat, crab-wise. 3-way branching, 22 buds. Fertile both ways, but a difficult pod parent.

Larch, '78 - 36" Mla 6.5" semi.dip. Classic near white self, excellent parent for spidery whites.

Schwarz '99 - 64' M 8" dor.tet. Very tall bright gold, long bloom

Gossard 06  68" M 8.5" Dor Tet Fragrant UF Crispate.

Golden yellow self with up to 5 way branching. Very tall.

Murphy, 08 - 40" EM 7" sev. Dip. Veined reddish lavender white midrib, cream edge

Finally a nice cultivar from Lola Branham and Skinwalker, a nearly impossible cross! This large lavender to reddish lavender bloom is complicated, with heavy veining, striking white midrib, cream edge, purple band, and chartreuse throat. It can be a UF, or a spider on some blooms, but is not registered as either. Always different, and always good. Fertile, sometimes Ethereal ( hence the name) .

Bachman 07  38" M 9.5" SEV Dip

Fawn yellow with wine chevron and green throat. Margo and I really like this flower. Dan did a great one with this large and showy narrow flower.

Reed, 2004 - 42" La 6" dor.dip. Late up-facing red, good branching

(Murphy, 2010)  39”  EMRe  10”  semievergreen, diploid extended, EMO, Spider

This absolutely huge, curly red spider has a chartreuse throat.  It has two branches, 17 buds, and a long bloom season.  Pollen fertile, it is out of BRILLIANT IDEA X KIRSTEN MADELINE BURKEY.

Reed, 2003 - 34" Mla 6" dor.dip. UF Red self, green throat. Wedding anniversary fun/form

(Murphy, 2010) 40”  E  8”  semi-evergreen tetraploid,  ext. 2 branches, 15 buds.

Extra large reddish lavender with purple veins, chartreuse throat and yellow midribs with a narrow cream edge,  diamond dusted.  On cool mornings this flower starts purple.  Sunfast, fertile.  Tet (Cameroon Night x Waiting in the Wings)  

(Murphy ‘09)     41” ML  7”  Dor Dip Cascade Unusual Form,  ext., extremely clear-colored lavender bitone with purple veins on hot days.

This bloom is wide open on 50F mornings and sunfast at 100F. It starts blooming ML and blooms for over a month until mid to late August here. It has a lemon throat, with green heart, cream edge, and cream midribs. Two Branches, 16 buds, Fragrant. My third intro from MARGO REED INDEED by NORTH WIND DANCER, joining PANAMA PINK and CRUISE CONTROL.  It makes its place in the garden with steady, consistent performance in all weather. Fertile, limited.

Lenington, '51 - 24" M 5" dor.dip. Striking red with white edge bitone, recurved, extreme branching

Reed, 2003 - 38" M 6.5" dor.dip. Raspberry rose pink self, yellow throat

Murphy, '05 - 38" Mla 6.5" dor.dip. Outrageous clear lemon, radical UF, green throat. This has proven perfectly hardy in both zones 3 and 9 ( west). One of my favorites because it is always perfect, every day, with excellent budcount and growth. Out of SUNNY SON by SPIDER MIRACLE. Fertile, proliferates, fragrant.

This outrageous clear light yellow to chartreuse flower is a radically shaped crispate unusual form. It is quite variable as well. It has a large grass green throat with very ruffled, lighter edged petals. The sepals are so rolled that you can't see the edge. It has three branches and 17 buds, with instant rebloom, for a long season. It proliferates heavily. It is dormant, and has famous parentage, carrying genes for ruffled edges, red, chartreuse, and yellow, ensuring that it will be in demand by hybridizers.

Parentage: SUNNY SON X SPIDER MIRACLE

Reed, 1994 - 34" EM 7" dor.dip. Purple grey with purple-black eye, now an unusual form HM

Kennedy +, '91 - 24" Late 6" dor.dip.frag. Strawberry/cream bicolor, very ruffled, very late, good branching

Stamile, '91 - 34" E 9" dor.tet. Huge red show-stopper, yellow throat. UF- spatulate. - HM, AM,

Krupien, '92 - 30" M 3.5" dor.dip. High-performing dark burgundy purple, darker eye, cute small.

Murphy, '06 - 49" Vla 7.5" dor.dip. Spider. Yellow pink blend, bitone, lav. Edged sepals Late.

There are not many bitone spiders with yellow-to-pink petals and yellow-to-lavender edged sepals. Actually, this is the only one, to my knowledge. Very late dormant diploid, huge waxy green throat. Tall at 49", very fragrant, and diamond-dusted. Base color is a yellow-pink blend with stippled pink and lavender color on ruffled edges. 4.89:1 spider ratio, fertile both ways. One or two branches, 16 buds, some rebloom.

Parentage: (Benziger seedling "Racing Stripes" x Yabba Dabba Doo) x Lola Branham

Murphy, '04 - 46" Mre 7" dor. Tet. Dark velvety red, yellow throat, green heart. Sunfast

My first tet introduction was the best of the keepers from a long cross. It won Best Seedling at the 2001 NCDC Flower show on its maiden bloom. It has dark velvety red, with a yellow throat and a green heart, complemented by a small ruffled blackish red edge. It has 2 or 3 branches, and 16 buds in poor culture, and up to 5 way branching and 32 buds in great culture. It is extremely sunfast, like its mom. It is red in the morning and red at night, hence the name. Very fertile both ways. I am using it to breed with narrower evergreen tets to give hardiness and sunfast color.

Parentage: FIRE FROM HEAVEN X RED SUSPENDERS

(Reed, 2010) 36”  EM  5”  dormant diploid ext.  4 branches, 20 buds.

An early small gem on well-branched scapes.  Soft pink lavender with feathery purple chevrons like gills, lighter ruffled edges, and green to white throat.  Unusual Form cascade. (Flight of Orchids x Loch Ness Monster)  

Reed, 2005 - 36" M 7" dor.dip. Spidery golden salmon-lavender blend, green throat

Stevens ,'83 - 38" Vla 6" dor.tet. The standard for late bloom and high performance. Yellow. HM, EFA