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Post by hedgeapple on Jul 27, 2021 21:05:34 GMT -6
Hepzibah Farms in Talladega, AL has been working on a pink okra for about 10 years now. It appears that they primarily sell flowers so I assume the purpose of this variety is ornamental.   |
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Post by macmex on Jul 28, 2021 6:13:51 GMT -6
That's beautiful! I love it when people work on projects like this.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2021 12:42:27 GMT -6
Gorgeous!
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Post by chrysanthemum on Jul 28, 2021 13:03:07 GMT -6
That is a lovely color. I wonder what type of okra it came from.
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Post by hedgeapple on Jul 28, 2021 14:03:49 GMT -6
That is a lovely color. I wonder what type of okra it came from. It's parentage was Alabama Red and White Velvet. |
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Post by chrysanthemum on Jul 28, 2021 14:30:08 GMT -6
Thanks, Hedgeapple. Just looking at the two names typed above makes me think that “Alabama Pink Velvet” would be a great name.
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Post by Tucson Grower on Nov 2, 2021 20:16:46 GMT -6
I really appreciate that color. I wonder what parents were used to create the Okinawa, Japan Pink okra. Like the okra seen in the pic linked to the name.
These two look similar, but still appear quite distinctive.
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Post by hedgeapple on Nov 2, 2021 20:41:36 GMT -6
I really appreciate that color. I wonder what parents were used to create the Okinawa, Japan Pink okra. Like the okra seen in the pic linked to the name.
These two look similar, but still appear quite distinctive. I heard from a friend who grew out Okinawa Pink this year that it is not as pink as online pictures suggest. |
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Post by Tucson Grower on Nov 2, 2021 21:07:28 GMT -6
That's too bad. Thank goodness this new pink variety is being developed in Alabama. I really appreciate a multi-colored okra world.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Dec 30, 2021 13:07:52 GMT -6
Hedgeapple,
That pink okra looks prettier and prettier as we go deeper into the Winter months. It makes me wish I had two gardens, so I could try growing this variety in isolation, away from my seed okra. That's part of what I miss about just having a small kitchen garden; I could grow anything I wanted to back in the day, before the seed sales began. Growing only one variety takes away a lot of the intrigue and excitement that I used to experience by growing things that were different.
Thanks, for posting those photos, so the rest of us could enjoy them. I love those pink blossoms!
Most everything in my garden has a yellow blossom. It reminds me of a quote by Henry Ford about the paint color choices on his Model T Fords. "You can have any color you want, so long as it's black." 
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