Cultivar Name: Vorlon Frills
Seedling Number: LFMMC1
Bloom Diameter: 4"
Scape Height: 28"
Branches: 3
Bud Count: 16
Bloom Season: Mid
Rebloom: Yes
Color/Description: Light baby pink with slightly darker band above chartreuse to yellow throat on dark scapes.
Ploidy: Diploid
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Foliage: Dormant
Pod Parent: Lavender Feathers
Pollen Parent: Misty Mountains Cold
Year Bred: 2016
Rust Resistance: Unknown (germinated after my rust resistance testing had ended. Both parents are A+/5 year cultivars)
Fertile: Both ways
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Comments: Vorlon Frills is a lovely flower on a plant with dark scapes. It was my first seedling that showed the dark scapes and a pink flower. In 2016 I did the last major diploid breeding within my program. Vorlon Frills derives from that year's breeding. In 2016 I crossed Misty Mountains Cold and Samwise The Brave (full siblings) over every diploid I set seeds on. The cross that led to Vorlon Frills (Misty Mountains Cold x Lavender Feathers) was one of many, many crosses that year at the diploid level, the point of which was to impart higher thrips resistance at the diploid level. There was no particular reason for the cross beyond injecting thrips resistance genes into a wide variety of diploids. While this cross happened the year my rust resistance screen program ended, and so I have never tested Vorlon Frills for rust resistance in my own garden, both parents are A+/5 year cultivars, and so Vorlon Frill likely has high rust resistance. Thrips resistance is better than in pod parent Lavender Feathers, but not as strong as in pollen parent Misty Mountains Cold, as one would expect from this cross, as thrips resistance seems to be recessive or a low penetrant dominant gene (like also involving modifier genes).
When Vorlon Frills flowered for the first time in 2018, I was just amazed to see such an interesting combination. I had no idea that Lavender Feathers carried dark scape genes, so seeing that dark scape emerge was quite a surprise! When the flower opened and it was not only a lovely pink, but also attractively round and ruffled, I was very excited and know that, even though I had discontinued my diploid breeding program, I had to cross it with the seedling that became Vorlon Organic Technology. Am I ever glad I did! I have five amazing seedlings from that cross, two that are also 2026 introductions. That is why I have introduced Vorlon Frills in 2026, so that both of those offspring have two named parents.
I will not be releasing Vorlon Frills for sale in spring 2026. I will be releasing it in the future, possibly in fall 2026 or spring 2027. For years it languished in a seedling barrel and didn't increase as it was heavily crowded. In 2023 I moved it into a seedling bed, where it increased to two fans by spring 2024. In fall 2024 I dug it up and moved it to my mom's garden. In spring 2025 it took off like wildfire in my mom's garden, which convinced me to go ahead and introduce it, as I then knew it would have good enough increase and it would have multiple offspring registered as well. The increase in 2025 was very good, the flowering was nice, the scapes were dark flushed and well-branched, and it showed some rebloom. As soon as I have enough of it to release it, it should become a popular and useful plant for gardens and for breeding. If you are interested in this cultivar, do let me know so I can let you know when it becomes available for release.
It is very fertile both ways and produces excellent seedlings, many also showing dark scapes when it is crossed to something that either carries the gene or shows dark scapes. The color range has been wide, from purples to pinks, both light pink and hit pink, to bright reds and even near whites, as well as various melon shades. The darkest scaped seedlings I have produced to date have come through crossing Vorlon Frills with Vorlon Organic Technology, and not a one of them has yellow flowers...
