Ive never seen the 'splash' form. I assume a mericlone mutant and sold as such?
I had seen online pics of mutated 'Sweet Afton' - but hadn't seen this particular one before. Actually - this one was sold with the tag of 'Sweet Afton' - but is clearly not 'Sweet Afton'. It is likely a mutated 'Sweet Afton' - so is no longer 'Sweet Afton'.
Roy from another forum reckons himself that it's a selfing - but hard to say if it is a selfing (or not). I don't reckon that he knows for sure. So I'm just casually going with an arbitrary name for it. It is at least a Memoria Helen Brown.
I also grow two other unflowered mutated 'Sweet Afton' mericlones (apparently splash petals) as well --- so also no longer 'Sweet Afton' ---- almost getting there to flowering size! But these other two are not expected to be the same as this one here.
I grow a non-mutated (or at least - visibly non-mutated - or true to flower form) 'Sweet Afton' too.
And also growing three mericlones having
tags of 'Sweet Afton'. One of those three flowered for the first time last year, and also again this year ------ and it's definitely not 'Sweet Afton' ------ although it is a Rlc. Memoria Helen Brown ------ will attach a couple of photos of this one below.
A second one of these plants is going to flower for the first time - developing buds, which are still small buds right now. Maybe another 3 or 4 weeks to go before flowering time. It will be interesting to see what its flowers will look like.
Rlc. Memoria Helen Brown (no cultivar name) 2019:
Rlc. Memoria Helen Brown (no cultivar name) 2020: