Thanks Valerie, I thought so too.

Cindy, I think you should!! It is lovely. What do you have picked out for the name?

Well, we called my cat Mr. Ty, so something with his name in it, like maybe Remembering Mr. Ty or perhaps Mr. Ty's Whiskers??

I like both names, but I particularly like Mr. Ty's Whiskers

Tyger is unused.

With all those petals they could be the whiskers!

Yes, very true Teresa.

Had a poly bloom on 'American Revolution'


To bad the sun had drained it before I returned home today.

Star of Fantasy (which is new in my garden ) had a surprise for me this week



The number of anthers seems more than usual as well... is that normal for a poly?




Mayo

That's pretty neat to see both the poly bloom and the extra anthers!

Poly blooms are so interesting! If I'm not mistaken, they will have the same number of extra stamens/anthers as they have extra tepals, so a 4x4 would have 8 anthers, and a 5x5 would have 10. Here's some from my garden.

'Emerald Dream'


'Jedi Spring Charm'


'Big City Eye'


'Orange Velvet'


'Bela Lugosi'

Those blooms are so cool! I actually like polys! The flowers look so full!

Wow, Jessie! Those are all gorgeous! Green with envy here....

Remarkable poly blooms. As was posted earlier in this thread there is a link to Leslie's article about polys and other blooms with the anthers explanation.


Beaucatcher's Mountain



Carmen Renee




Tusk


Freewheeling






Ah Youth


Isolde



Give Me Eight




Fairytale Pink


Mynell's Starfish




Open Heart



Strawberry Candy




Barbara Mitchell




Barbara Mitchell - cleaner look



Magic Of Oz




Four Play


Stella's Ruffled Fingers



Seedling


Bela Lugosi


Blackeyed Stella


Clear Mountain Morning


Buddy's Wild And Wonderful

These were this year's blooms. These are on my phone. Have others that were taken with my camera. I will share the others soon.

Mike - Very nice! A year ago, huh?

I think I have developed a "thing" for spider forms. I love your Freewheeling, Tusk, and Magic of Oz.

Poly bloom on Mary Todd yesterday. I didn't even notice it was poly until I was sorting my photos

Weird how we sometimes are so busy looking through the lens that we don't even "see," Valerie! I'm likely to have done the same thing!

Oh! How pretty!

I do the same thing. I don't always notice details or even what I am photographing because I am often in a hurry. Looking at the photos later though is a treat! I see all kinds of things I missed when just looking at them in passing.

It is so annoying that. It is even worse when you notice in the evening and taken no shot!