This is not necessarily an outstanding new flower....though it is pretty....however, it is a milestone for me in that it is my first success in introducing another color into the BeniChidori/Cameo Elegance/Minibar Rose type plants. These are typically smaller growing plants with smaller leaves and flowers. The leaves typically have a distinctly different variegation which includes clear white areas, which gets translated from the Japanese as "crystal variegation". The translation of the Japanese term for this type of small plant is "princess", which is actually quite descriptive. I will use princess to describe this type of plant and crystal variegation to distinguish this type of variegation.
This is an F2 plant and the first to bloom. I have other seed that I need to start yet....
Here is the Murasaki Jishi pod parent: http://davesgarden.com/journal/j/si/109540/
Here is the Q0777 pollen parent: http://davesgarden.com/journal/j/si/103339/
Here is the F1 plant that was selfed to produce the seed for the current plant: http://davesgarden.com/journal/j/si/105298/
...and here is the F2 plant...
