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Sophenensis x Danfordiae Hybrids The following are all F1 sophenensis x danfordiae (or reverse) hybrids. As you can see, they are all blues, ranging from light blue to dark blue. Some have a bit of yellow influence, but this tends to give a greyed or muddied appearance. One, 92-CI-1 has yellow streaking, which may give some interesting effects in future. As you would expect some of the 50 odd clones are poor doers, but most bloom consistently and increase well. It would appear that if widely separated they will form clumps which consistently produce 5 or 6 flowers. I would like to see some of them introduced and get into the North American market. However this may only happen on a small scale because of all of the other blues already in the market. Hence they are sometimes referred to as "just blues".
(Click photos to enlarge them) 14KB 110KB 89-AC-9 sophenensis x danfordiae ANM2325	33KB 294KB 89-AC-16 Can you spot 18 buds showing colour?	16KB 114KB 89-F-1 sophenensis x danfordiae ANM2325	25KB 194KB 89-F-2 sophenensis x danfordiae ANM2325	17KB 118KB 89-F-3 -- back from Wim sophenensis x danfordiae ANM2325
34KB 293KB Deep Blue Sea 89-F-4 sophenensis x danfordiae ANM2325	20KB 138KB 89-F-5 sophenensis x danfordiae ANM2325	16KB 112KB 89-Q-3 sophenensis x danfordiae	12KB 89KB Blue Ice 89-Q-4 sophenensis x danfordiae	11KB 83KB 89-Q-4 sophenensis x danfordiae
34KB 290KB 89-Q-9 sophenensis x danfordiae	19KB 140KB 91-FC-1 danfordiae Atilla x sophenensis	17KB 124KB 91-FC-7 danfordiae Atilla x sophenensis	21KB 147KB Beautiful Day 91-FC Dark Blue danfordiae Atilla x sophenensis	15KB 119KB 92-CI-1 Partly Open sophenensis x danfordiae ANM2325
(Click photos to enlarge them) 18KB 135KB 92-CI-1 Fully Open sophenensis x danfordiae ANM2325	13KB 106KB 92-CI-1 sophenensis x danfordiae ANM2325	15KB 114KB Blue Water 92-CI-2 sophenensis x danfordiae ANM2325	18KB 136KB 92-CI-3 sophenensis x danfordiae ANM2325	20KB 145KB 92-CX-1 sophenensis x danfordiae ANM2325
16KB 123KB 92-CX-5 sophenensis x danfordiae ANM2325	15KB 117KB 92-CX-6 sophenensis x danfordiae ANM2325	19KB 130KB Approaching Storm 89-AC-4 sophenensis x danfordiae ANM2325	17KB 131KB 92-CX-6 sophenensis x danfordiae ANM2325	31KB 247KB Approaching Storm 89-AC-4 sophenensis x danfordiae ANM2325
17KB 126KB 89-AC-5 sophenensis x danfordiae ANM2325