ONDINE

(ELIGANT FINALE x LAVENDER LIGHT) 24 X 5 ½ Double branched, 20+ buds.

A hybridizer has to start somewhere. He or she has to begin by using cultivars from other hybridizers in order to start his or her own line. ONDINE, along with its' sibling TUXEDO JUNCTION, were products of some of my earliest crosses of cultivars from other hybridizers.

ONDINE times TUXEDO JUNCTION produced FROZEN MARGARITA. That is, I think the cross went that way. The tag read "[(ELFIN x LL) x (ELFIN x LL)]", so your guess may be as good as mine.

ONDINE often shows itself in a pinched or twisted form, but not consistently enough for me to register it as a Ufo. Yet, it is the parent of Ufos.

Nevertheless, the intense lavender color, lime green throat and contrasting dark lavender eye make it unusual in another sense. The dark lavender thread edge only adds to the qualities of this flower.

Garden visitors stop and admire ONDINE. I do too.

Fertile both ways. Mid. Tet. Dor.