So, this is greenhouse A2.
>> A2. >> Pond A, pond B.
>> How many greenhouses in here, in this row?
>> Well, we've got 13 pond sets, and 8 greenhouses.
This is Nymphoides cristata that you see blooming there.
>> Very cool.
>> Don't step on the frogs, they're hopping around.
>> Step on him? I'm gonna catch him, where'd he go?
>> In the last pond, when we were talking about Red Flare,
I had a fish nibbling on my toes while we were doing that.
>> [LAUGH] >> This is Red Cup, and
it's a seedling of Red Flare.
>> I might as well just come in, I mean I'm already wet.
Oh, there's a plant right there.
>> Yep, that happens.
>> This one smells sweeter.
Than the Red Flare and the other one, the Maroon Beauty.
>> It does.
So the Red Cup never opens, it's called cup.
It was hybridized by Kirk Strawn.
>> Strawn, is there an approximate year?
>> In Texas in 1986.
>> 86, so it's new.
>> And a seedling of Red Flare, and the reason we selected it out,
it's almost as dark as Red Flare.
>> Very close, yeah. >> And it doesn't open as much,
which is why he called it Red Cup.
But he selected it out because it's extremely robust.
>> Flowers and- >> Very strong growing,
very good bloomer, winters over very well.
>> To what temperature?
>> Well, definitely southern California is no issue at all, but
I would say- >> Like Arizona, Florida of course,
Texas.
>> I would say probably a zone eight.
I don't know if it would winter over in a zone seven, but it might.
>> Really cool, what size pot is this one in?
>> It's in eight by five, just like the other starter pots.
>> Okay.
>> So, as you can see, it's got one bloom and three buds coming up,
which is very good for a- >> That's robust.
>> For a small plant.
>> Yeah.
>> Which, basically, this is a starter plant.
>> So, can the leaves get bigger than this?
>> Oh yeah, absolutely.
>> Up to what size?
Kinda the same as the other ones?
>> Yeah 14, 15 inches.
>> Okay, it's really cool how they just
hybridize it and change it just a little bit.
I mean, that's pretty fun.
What do you think the natural predator was in the wild?
Was it a fish that made them have the sharp leaves?
>> Probably.
It couldn't be anything too tough because
that's not going to keep off a determined predator.
>> Right.
But it's super cool.
So, 1986, that's great.
>> Relatively recent.
>> Right. >> Yeah, it is.
>> In a full spectrum of it, so we did Maroon Beauty,
we did the Red Flare, and we did this.
This is most of the red varieties that are available, or
at least that you have in stock?
>> That we have in stock.
Yeah, we try to pick out the ones that are going to
do the best for people.
>> Right, that makes a whole lot of sense.
>> And the reason we picked Red Flare is because it's so awesome.
>> [LAUGH] Okay, even though it's the harder one to do.
>> Yeah.
>> So just to be clear, the Red Flare is 30s, Maroon Beauty 50s?
>> Yeah. >> Right?
And this is almost the 90s.
>> Yeah, 86.
>> Okay, how long does it take to hybridize one of these guys?
I mean, is it ten years of doing stuff or?
>> Most people do it accidentally.
They don't even do it on purpose.
They just have a large number of plants, and
these are promiscuous plants.
>> [LAUGH] >> And
then seedlings pop up here and there, and
out of thousands of seedlings you might find one that's worth keeping.
>> I thought that, like, a scientist, and like, trying to-
>> Well, they do that, too.
>> Oh, okay.
>> But people have just as much luck with the bees.
>> It's pretty cool when they just call it an accident, and they go,
well, I hybridized this.
>> Right.
>> Yeah, on accident.
>> Yeah, yeah.
>> All right, cool.
>> Yeah, Perry Slocum said that the bees did most of his work for him.
>> Great, well that's gonna conclude our red episode.
I mean, everyone needs to have a red one in their pond, right?
>> Everyone does.
>> [LAUGH] Everyone needs it.
I hope we dispelled a little bit of the myths because
I think everyone should have a night bloomer in their pond, right?
>> I do. >> Or multiple.
>> At least one. >> That's the one they're gonna do.
And the red, I think, contrasts with everything else really well.
All right, man, this was really cool.
>> It's a rich, deep color, and then we have pinks, and we have white.
>> Well, let's move on to another topic.
Lets get out of here, my feet are getting wrinkly.
>> Okay, you got it.