Around this time, one of the members came up to me and asked if I was a spy.
I told him in my most official voice that I was from the National Gardening Association and that I was taking pictures to add to our Plant Database. This is why we need official t-shirts, right?
@dave Get to work on it!
Okay, let's look at some more beautiful blooms!
'Moorea Moana Storm'
'Chads' (I thought that was a weird name, but it's in the DB. First pic!)
'Snow Queen' (I take it the name comes from the foliage.)
'Pride of Hankins' (We'll see this one a few times.)
'El Capitolio' This guy again!
'Dainty White' (Also a popular cultivar.)
The label says 'Mandrain Pink'. Maybe 'Madarin Pink', but I can't find that, either.
NOID
Labeled as 'Chinese Lantern' but I think they mean
Chinese Lanterns (Hibiscus schizopetalus)
'Pink on the Mountain' (Another first! And we'll see this one again!)
'Night Runner'
This one was labeled 'Luke's Inferno' which seems wrong from what I can tell. Pretty, though.
Found this one in the IHS list and asked to have it added. 'Cajun Orange Crush'
'Mystic Mist' (Can't find this one as a registered cultivar.)
'Fire and Ice' (That handwriting was hard to decipher. Print clearly, folks!)
'Exotic Peppermint' (Not found as a registered cultivar.)
'Tahitian Brown Embers' (First photo! Comes by its name honest.)
'Madam X' (Another first!)
'Sunrise Yellow' (Can't find in the cultivar list, but I've seen it for sale at Lowe's.)
'Anderson's Double Yellow Red' (Here's one!)
'Bright Sun' (Another first!)
'Eye of Kali'
We saw the moon, now here's 'Saffron Sun'.
'Yellow Delight' (Almost clicked on the Daylily of the same name.)
Here's another 'Exotic Lavender Lady'
'Mary Morgan' (Another first! I'm getting all the double acorn rewards!)
'Gabriel'
'Orange Slice' (Another first. We Floridians like our Hibiscus.)
'Anderson Crepe' (Not crape. Make sure you spell the names right at plant shows, folks!)
'Black Rainbow' (Another first, and my new metal band name.)
This one isn't in the DB (although when I Googled it was on DG). It seems like the Moorea series is maybe a French company from the website I saw? Anyway, I asked to have it added. This is 'Moorea Shadow Shadow'
'Miss Vermont' (Another first! I'm on a roll and filling in holes - in the DB, that is.)
This labeled is misspelled but I think it's supposed to be 'Berrylicious'. Doesn't look like the ones in the DB, though, so I didn't add it.
'Moorea Boondah Boo' (Another first! These Moorea folks are prolific, huh?)
'Acadian Spring' (Another first! The DB is getting so awesome.)
'Moorea Miss Moorea' (Another first! And these Moorea people are like the Hibiscus mafia, aren't they?)
Another 'Black Rainbow'
This seems like a good place to take a break. Stretch the hands. Grab a snack. Back in a few. I still have so much more to come!
