Sweetgrass & Lavender Palm mix

[obsidian73]

Your hen is not a Lavender Palm, but a Blue Palm (just heterozygous for slate Dd).
That's why you got non-slated offspring.

Austria, Thanks for the info. I will have to take your word for it, since that stuff is above my head, LOL. I was assuming she was a lavender based off of Porters description stating that they are a bit paler than slates, and the photo he shows of the blue has quite darker lines.

"Self Blue (Lavender)Palms will breed true bred to the same. These are a bit paler blue than the single slate gene type."


So do I have a true blue sweetgrass? Also my other 2 seems to be a good bit darker, does this mean they are just a cross or do they still stay a pure sweetgrass?