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Strawberry Okeetee

BigBass10

BigBass10

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Any body have any or heard of a strawberry Okeetee. I obtained one and would like to compare it to some pics of others if anyone has any. I will post some pics of mine later.
 
I'm looking forward to seeing it, however, I don't see how it can be a true okeetee. From what I understand the strawberry gene originated in generic lines. Therefore, if it was bred into an Okeetee line you'd lose the local genes that would make the offspring a true okeetee. The offspring would have Okeetee influence, but they wouldn't be true Okeetees. Furthermore, the F2's that would need to be produced to make a visual strawberry could be even more removed from a true Okeetee, or more similar.

Sorry, but so many people use "Okeetee" to describe the appearance of a thick-bordered corn, as opposed to how it should be used, to describe a local-specific lineage. Just my issues...you don't have to subscribe to them! Haha.

Mitch
 
Mitch, Just curious, What term would be correct for Thick bordered corns? Thick-bordered seems pretty clunky to say or type.
 
okeetee phase would be a possibility, similar to miami phase.

I'd prefer to add a "locality" to the name when you're speaking of real okeetees, the name okeetee is in most cases used for okeetee phase corns.
 
Here is a few pics.
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I agree, I'd use the term "phase" to describe the thick-bordered corns that aren't true locality.

Btw, if the colors are true, that's a great looking corn! Is it red saturated, or are those true colors?
 
JimGERcream said:
okeetee phase would be a possibility, similar to miami phase.

I'd prefer to add a "locality" to the name when you're speaking of real okeetees, the name okeetee is in most cases used for okeetee phase corns.
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I agree. :) Imho this one doesn't have thick borders.
 
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The photos do look to have a red tint (bedding and container just aren't right IMO). Plus, IMO, the borders aren't wide enough for me to consider it an Okeetee phase, but I suppose I'm spoiled by all the Abbott's and Extreme Okeetee phase corns out there. It is a very nice Strawberry!
 
There is no photo editing, why would I edit the photo when I am trying to find out more about it. The pics were taken with my phone, it is hard to get true colors in the photo, every light used makes it look differant from what the eye sees in normal lighting, and the flash washes out all colors. the is a red overcoat to the whole animal with the bare eye, I will take a pic with a dollar bill.
 
It is a possibility it is christmas hypo. I obtained a small collection from someone that was not able to keep them any longer and it was marked Strawberry Okeetee het motley. The photos seem to make alot of the red over coat or haze dissapear. hmm I guess I will have to do so test breeding. Now I will have to find a male. What does the christmas hypoi gene do when pair to a hypo?
 
I've taken pictures indoors and gotten that same red tint with my camera. Take the same picture outside in natural light and everything looks so much better.
 
Well it interacts the same way Strawberry and hypo do. If you breed a Strawberry and a hypo A you get Strawberry/hypos. If you breed a Christmas to a Hypo A you get Xmas/Hypo
 
Would that mean you could get a Christmas Strawberry? Or do they only interact that way with Hypo?
 
So if I understand all of the other threads on strawberry and christmas and red factor, the only way to possitively identify them is with a microscope.
 
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