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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) 119KB 529KB 92-EG-1 danfordiae Atilla x sophenensis	94KB 412KB 92-EG-1 danfordiae Atilla x sophenensis	121KB 513KB 92-EG-2 danfordiae Atilla x sophenensis	87KB 389KB 92-EG-2 danfordiae Atilla x sophenensis
116KB 538KB 92-EG-2 danfordiae Atilla x sophenensis	120KB 526KB 94-AF-1 danfordiae Atilla x sophenensis	91KB 541KB 94-AF-2 danfordiae Atilla x sophenensis	122KB 479KB 94-AF-3 danfordiae Atilla x sophenensis
171KB 461KB 94-AF-1 & 2 danfordiae Atilla x sophenensis	(Click photos to enlarge them) 144KB 507KB 94-AF-1 & 2 danfordiae Atilla x sophenensis	107KB 536KB 94-AF-5 danfordiae Atilla x sophenensis	327KB 476KB Hundreds of F1 sxd Clones finishing