I went out later after lunch and here it is now. You can see the color pattern a bit better.
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I got a note from Linda Gluck telling me that Cat Ballou takes more than one day to open and with photos to illustrate. Maybe your seedling is a slow opener.

kay

Thanks for the info kay. Marg

sure is a pretty shade of red

I do like the color but I can't tell much about the pattern. Waiting for the next bloom. It should be fantastic...Ellie

Ellie, I had to look up the pattern in one of the Journals because I hadn't seen one like it before. Each petal is divided down the middle and one half is red and the other half is pinkish. It did take a day to just open and it started fading by noon today. There's one more bud yet to open and I'm eager to see what that one will be like. Hopefully the scape will get a bit taller, this one was barely a foot tall. Marg