Last month I pulled some seedlings from the outdoors to grow under lights indoors for the winter. This will give them a little jump in growth to prepare for next season. A few years ago I did some crosses with the uniquely shaped S. purpurea “Smurf”. Smurf has an interesting form with a hood that tightly rolls inward. This causes the hood to form a point or appear contorted. Weird? Yes. Rad? Also YES!! I used pollen from S. “Smurf” paring with an anthocyanin free S. luteola for the pod parent. It looks like the hood form carries over in most of the seedlings. Below is one of those seedlings engulfed in moss. (They really needed a good cleaning!) It felt good to get them cleaned up. Seedlings have been repotted into individual pots and the light can now reach more leaf surface area. These should be pretty cool once they get some size. And of course, you may already know where I’m going with this cross. Something like this, but instead a S. purpurea “Smurf” version. 🙂 Photos below from 12 Jan 2022.