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etex
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:clap::clap:WOW! You really rock with the white complexes-love them both!!
I tend to be drawn to the whites. I do, like the pair of them. Nice round shape. Cuppiness is hard to determine via a photo. How cuppy are they? They don't look too, cuppy to me.
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goldenrose
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:clap::clap: 2 keepers! :drool::drool:
SlipperFan
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Lovely, both of them.
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Howzat
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Nice whites, my favourite complex.
How wide is the dorsal??? I believe that breeders are aiming a dorsal width of 8 to 8.5cm???? I have a few (White Jewel =Todd Clark X Skip Bartlet), nice and roundish but all of them only have dorsal width of up to 7 cm and the judges would not even look at them.
How wide is the dorsal??? I believe that breeders are aiming a dorsal width of 8 to 8.5cm???? I have a few (White Jewel =Todd Clark X Skip Bartlet), nice and roundish but all of them only have dorsal width of up to 7 cm and the judges would not even look at them.
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paworsport
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The dorsal is 7.5 for the JDL. but the flower is small, it is a first bloom. For me the quality of the shape is more important than the size.
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Howzat
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You are right. But the quality include shape, size, color, substance, etc.
I am sorry but I talked about size, after agreeing on the other factors. And I said breeders are trying to increase the size of the white. Other colors, like spotted and red (have got their max. size of DS about 9cm whereas yellow can have over 10cm), so they are now concentrating on increasing the DS of whites. I think they have succeeded with the like of Mystic Knight which had a DS of slightly over 8cm. Many have been using Elfstone. The problem with Elfstone is that though it has the size, the stem is weak and you'll be lucky to get 1 flask trying to breed whites. Most in fact won't germinate. But your white JDL is a good size with DS of 7.5cm and I'll have it anytime. Good size white can bring good dollars. The first Mystic Knight was bought by a japanese for a cool $5000.-(From Orch. Zone ?????)
I am sorry but I talked about size, after agreeing on the other factors. And I said breeders are trying to increase the size of the white. Other colors, like spotted and red (have got their max. size of DS about 9cm whereas yellow can have over 10cm), so they are now concentrating on increasing the DS of whites. I think they have succeeded with the like of Mystic Knight which had a DS of slightly over 8cm. Many have been using Elfstone. The problem with Elfstone is that though it has the size, the stem is weak and you'll be lucky to get 1 flask trying to breed whites. Most in fact won't germinate. But your white JDL is a good size with DS of 7.5cm and I'll have it anytime. Good size white can bring good dollars. The first Mystic Knight was bought by a japanese for a cool $5000.-(From Orch. Zone ?????)
