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littlefrog

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Thought I posted it yesterday but I don't see it, so pardon if there is a duplication.

This I bought several years ago thinking of Battle of Egypt 'Alpha'. Which is totally different (and better). Don't know why I thought that, since the tag says Emperor of Egypt. That tag is wrong (there is no Emperor of Egypt). It is really Emperor of India (1902 Sanders[St. Albans]). I think that makes me at least two kinds of wrong? Maybe three.

Honestly it is a bit homely, but what do you expect for 1902? I love old clones, the older the better.

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At first I thought it was a new species! A primary callosum cross? Using villosum?

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I think (somebody feel free to correct me) it is Harrisianum x Io. Harrisianum would be barbatum x villosum, and Io is ... something else. argus x lawrencianum.
 
I love it I don't know if it's the species lover in me, but I love this bloom. Congrats on a superb flower
 

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