Deja Blu sport

[Pieter]

Last year I received a number of plants as part of a secret trade, and one of those, 'Deja Blu' to be precise, sported a new, unique division this year. Near as I can tell no-one else has reported a DJ sport, so this is all very exciting. Here's keeping my fingers crossed it will be bigger and better next season!



It's too early to contemplate a name for it as yet.... perhaps next year....

[Carol W]

Nice hope it stay for you!

[steg]

Looks very cool. Good luck.

Mike

[Chris_W]

Hi Pieter,

Is the margin more green on your sport? I'd be interested in seeing it next to Deja Blu so we can see the differences between the two.

[ViolaAnn]

That's pretty. I hope it stabilizes for you. And I'll watch mine carefully too.

[Pieter]

Chris, I'll post a picture later tonight of what it looked like before I took the division. Yes, there is none of the cream/white edge on this compared to the original, it's like you see, a green margin with a blue center.

[Chris_W]

Could be interesting. I like the subtle colored plants

[Pieter]

This picture was shot August 23rd, a little more than 2 weeks before I made the division. If you look carefully you can see the third leaf on the sport has just begun to show and hasn't fully unfurled as yet.

[Pieter]

So, I've been contemplating a name for this sport -perhaps somewhat premature, don't you think- and I must admit to a preference for a name that takes its heritage/lineage into account. The name 'Deja Blu' is a clever play of words on 'deja vu' and since this sport is bluer than the parent plant 'Deja Blewer' pays homage to the play on words heritage, with a new twist.

Waddaya think?

[Chris_W]

Hi Pieter,

I would wait on naming it until you are sure that it is really different from Deja Blu. It might be possible that this was simply a new eye coming up, since Deja Blu emerges with a greenish margin that lightens as the season progresses. I like to give them at least a couple years before naming (or even longer). I've even had sports that I later lost so I'm glad I hadn't named/registered them too soon.

[Pieter]

Chris, I'd have to go through all my pictures to confirm, but it seems to me this new offset has had this green margin since it first appeared in I believe it was June. I would've thought that if the margin was going to lighten up it would have done so by now (first picture is only about a week old) so I'm encouraged and look forward to next season. I would consider the name a 'working' name only, just like I refer to all-green sports of 'Revolution' as 'Green Revolution'.

As I said, I may be premature with it, and I appreciate your note of caution, but, waddayathinkofit?