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I think I can safely say that we have never seen the yellow color this extreme in something that was not amelanistic (like butters) or an intergrade. Therefore, i think its a safe assumption that it could be a hybrid because of this oddity.
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This is a very dangerous way of reasoning, IMO. Considering the fact that hybrids carry a stigma with them, I don't think it's a good idea to make such a suggestion unless there's a good reason to do so.
Just because we haven't seen it in corns is no reason to suggest it's a hybrid. The same was true of striped, motley, bloodred, anery, caramel, and pretty much every morph we know today. Before those were discovered, nobody had seen anything of the sort in a pure corn.
My point is that none of the things you've pointed out even lean in the direction of "it's a hybrid" so I don't think it's wise to act as if they do. I think there's a difference between not ruling something out, and saying what you were saying. I think it's all too easy for others to read it as "it looks like a hybrid to me."
Anyway...
Below is a picture of a diffused corn with a dark brown ground color and almost orangey saddles similar to some miami corns. I was wondering what if she were expressing a genetic trait that caused even half of the erythrins to instead be xanthins. Just for fun, I made the altered "yellow" picture below, which I think she could look like.
It will be interesting to see what happens in the F1. I don't think we'll have an idea until there are a couple clutches of F2s, no matter what happens in the F1. Keep the pics coming, Zee. I can't wait to see the outdoor pics, too.