I promise I did not use a filter and the white balance is set to normal though the light was getting low enough to make the yellow light come on the camera. I have never seen Butterfly be this dark but this is as close to its color right now as I could get with the camera.
WOW!!!! That is absolutely stunning!!
Sure makes mine look washed out. Really nice!!
Look at that color . . it is absolutely stunning. If it were in my yard, I would find it hard to take my eyes off of it. It must be the perfect weather conditions for Butterfly to bloom in.
Now that is truly scrumptous, completely gorgeous.
Wow (thinking do I have that one) lol
All of my pinks are so dark they look like they will bleed pink. But Creamsickle(supposed to be peachy) is taking it's sweet time to color up, usually about the third or fourth day.
That is absolutely gorgeous Susie.
Beautiful. That is the color Rothkirch is supposed to be....hope they are right!
that is the absolutely most dee-lish-us color! Good for you, you must be doing everything just right!
My pinks are way dark now......
Even First Days mom is blooming as dark as pink beauty......
My Butterfly FINALLY has buds that are staying on........hope its as dark as Susies.....
Wow, what a beauty! The color is so, so, so...DEEP! I can't come up with a better word to describe it.
Butterfly, huh? Another one I'm gonna have to do an internet search for. There is no cure for me I don't think. I've done gone over the edge.
Edited because I can't spell, TWICE! I think I'm tired and my fingers are sore from all the dirt digging.
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When the climate conditions suits them, its like Calalily said: it seems they are bleeding pink. Its fascinating!
She sure is a knockout! What does the foliage look like on this one? I have two plants that came to me as Butterfly, one has serated leaves, the other doesn't.
Cala.... Are you using any soil conditioners to augment/change the Ph in order to get that depth of color? Whatver you are doing...has produced about the prettiest Brug pic I have ever seen. I was so fortunate to receive a Bfly plant from that dear lady in NH...thanks Snow !!! NOW all I have to do is pray. (LOL)
Beautiful shot Cala. Thanks for sharing the pic with us.
Renee
Oh Susie! That one IS awesome! I think that is one of the darkest flowers I have seen from the US. Woooo Hoooo! You sure are doing something right.
Cala you have the nack when it comes to pictures and growing the best brugs. Thanks again for showing us this show stopper.
Ruby, the only thing I use on them is Osmocote(and that overdose of watersoluble fertilize the other day). Our soilless mix has a pH of around 5.5-6.0 and our water is 7.5 with a calcium carbonate hardness of 300ppm, which is high. I don't use liquid iron, but do switch to acid based fertilize in the summer with sulfuric, nitric or phosphoric acid in the water to soften it.(do NOT do this at home if you don't know how, we have an injector system that we use)
Had to come take another look . . . just gorgeous!
Stunning! I ad ammonium-phosphate to soften the water here ... I have still not gained control over the proper dosage, but still good enough to avoid iron and other PH-induced deficiencies. I have buds in 1/4 of the Brugs now, but there is still a bit time go pass to they will flower, so I can finetune the fertilizers ... in the meantime its fashinating to see the intense color you had on yours :)
Cala, you did a good yob:)
Hope you will have a Rothkirch. It will show great blooms to you.
To find the right hand( feeling) for fertilizing brugs is not easy.(sometimes..)
fantabulous
Tonny, that's how the phosphoric acid works....it reacts with anhydrous ammonia to produce ammonium phosphate and lowers the pH.
Now I can see why I should have stayed away during high school chemistry. :( I guess Mama was right after all.
