the BUTTERFLY (Spatulate-Crispata)
The drawing above is a simplified illustration of one particular
pattern of crispation in the Spatulate Forms. This form is not officially
recognised by the AHS. The jpg images below show this crispation pattern
in three of my Butterfly Crispatas seedlings with spatulate petals. This
particular form is my personal favourite and I have made literally hundreds
of crosses and have thousands of seedlings in the garden with the hopes
of developing this open, butterfly-like form.
The fBUTTERFLY FORM is comprised of a Spatulate or Extreme Spatulate
base form with the added dimension of sepal base quilling. Petal base quilling
is very difficult to achieve, and yet with it the Butterfly form nears perfection,
as seen in FAIRY SUMMERBIRD below and the unnamed yellow Butterfly above.
The lemon yellow seedling has Spatulate petals and sepal base quilling and
yet below does not show the regular petal base quilling.
seedling out of (unknown X sib to Asterisk ), nicknamed
"Lemon Summerbird"
"FAIRY SUMMERBIRD" out of (GOLLIWOG X ASTERISK)
Flowers which show sepal base quilling or quilling at length
on the sepals with full, rounded petals are referred to as COCKERELS, which see.