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Hazelcrestmikeb said:Found a pic of Blast From The Past with the aforementioned streak.

Thanks Mike. It certainly isn't even close to 48". BUT, these were some of the ones here when we bought the place. When we moved in, they looked sad, sad, sad, very pale foliage & sort of just hanging on by sheer dl willpower. I did feed them last year & they did bloom last year but all of them put on a really improved showing this year as opposed to last. I've been feeding them this year. None of them re-bloomed last year & that's why I was so surprised when this one did this year. I don't think they really got the proper care from the previous owners. Therefore, I don't think I have seen the full potential from any of them as yet. It could possibly get very tall but I don't think I'll know that for a year or two yet. It bloomed twins yesterday. Actually, that's not correct --- the bloom from the day before STAYED OPEN & another bud opened so there were 2 perfect blooms on it. I could not believe what I was seeing! But I saw it with my own eyes. And that was a murderously hot day when we broke 100. I was not going to go out taking photos in that heat. There's a nice fat bud on it now that will open tomorrow or the next day so I will surely look for the streaking on the back side. I would love to be able to give it a name!