GALINDA’S PETTICOAT

GALINDA’S PETTICOAT – Hunter 2025

The flower on this plant is very ‘girly’ looking, hence the reference to the Good Witch in ‘Wicked’. When she’s in full bloom, it’s a lot of pink! The pod parent, ‘Margo Reed Indeed’ is responsible for the ruffles, while ‘Adena Bounce’, gets credit for the branching. Neither of them is pink, so that was a pleasant surprise. With proliferations on most scapes, which often bloom, Galinda presents as a lovely frilly bouquet.

The baby pink and cream bitone blooms on this plant are very consistent and have good substance. Rain and heat and the time of day doesn’t put a dent in their perky little faces. The ruffles on the petals are lose and slightly crimped, more so than the understated ones on the sepals. The cream raised rib on the petals goes all the way from the green heart to the tips.

It is difficult to give an accurate count of the branching because of the proliferations (see the photos below). The fact that they bloom, results in a lot of flowers open at the same time, but they do not interfere with each other. This is a cultivar that you will want to cut the scapes off of when it’s done blooming, because they are NOT PRETTY when naked. ‘Galinda’s Petticoat’ is fertile both ways, so I hope to make more additions to the pink party in the future.