Quincinera

(McAllister, 1998)

Its white standards are marked only by a few yellow veins, while its greenish-ivory falls have veins that range from thick chocolate around the beard to faint rust at the edge. When the flower opens, the falls are also marked with an intense violet blaze in the center - but this fades as the flower ages.

The name is Spanish - a special "coming of age" celebration for a girl's 15th birthday. The flower is reminiscent of a young girl's party dress, a pastel confection rarely found among the near-arils. 

After decades of getting little except shades of purple in this type, intricate pastel patterns have come on the scene. This one, which combines a delicate pattern with rounded, onco-like form, has proven to be one of the most popular of my recent selections of the type.

This is a three-quarterbred, an unbalanced tetraploid from Werckmeister's Beauty X Whirlwind Tour. Like most of this type, it has shown little interest in parenthood. 

For show aficionados, its ASI code is OGB+.

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