■(SDB) 'Worry Wart'

2011, Black

'Worry Wart' (Paul Black, R. 2011) Seedling Q107A. SDB, 15.5" (39 cm), Midseason to late bloom. Standards mid dark smoky orchid base and midrib blended to mid pink mauve in upper 1/2; style arms mid pink mauve, dark orchid ridge and stigmatic lip; falls mid smoky rose mauve, darker textured veins and hafts, light smoky blue flush around beard and white dart at end of beards, gilt gold rim along hafts only; beards dark smoky orange in throat blending to mid smoky orange in middle, ending in mid lilac dots on tips, hairs based dark lilac; slight musky fragrance. Seedling N334A: (seedling J406B: ('Dancing Bunnies' x seedling D170BB, 'Cachet' sibling) x T. Johnson seedling T275A: 'Navy Ruffles' x 'Hot Jazz')) X T. Johnson seedling TX100A: ( 'Stormy Circle' x seedling TU323A: ('Stormy Circle' x 'Neutron')). Mid America 2012. Honorable Mention 2015, Award of Merit 2017.

From the 2022 Rebloom Checklist: Rebloom reported in: CA. USDA Zones 9

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From Mid-America Garden catalog, 2012: WORRY WART (Black ‘12) SDB Midseason Late 15.5” (40 cm). Hauntingly beautiful. Another result from pink/blue breeding. Sdlg. Q107A:((Dancing Bunnies x Cachet sib) x (Navy Ruffles x Hot Jazz)) X Giddy pollen parent sib. $18.00.
Hybridizer's Comment: Hauntingly beautiful. Another result from pink/blue breeding. Smoky orchid mauve bitone with paler blue-white patch around striking blue beards.

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