"They're captive hatched ones from Palm Beach County. I know the collector/breeder of one of them, and I'd have to dig around to find out about the other one.

Tim Ricks lavenders were supposed to be legit too, but their history is not as clear."

That's pretty cool. I'd personally put more faith in the one's from Palm Beach stock that your friend has. I've heard of the one's Tim Ricks and Lloyde Lemke had too, but both those guys also had the bogus Cal. king crosses as well, plus I understand that Tim Ricks was affiliated with SR who also worked with the crossed Cal. king line too at the time. And as you mentioned, the history of those is very unclear. So that doesn't sound real assuring or convincing.

Rainer claims he spoke to Tim Ricks back in 1993 and that he told Rainer how they came about. I'd sure like to hear the detailed story of exactly how they came about. But realistically, at this late point in the game nobody knows what's what anymore anyway since all of them have been bred back to so many more floridana since then from every John Doe Breeder there is out there.

I'd be interested in hearing more about those Palm beaches some time.


Thanks a bunch for the post, Nick.


~Doug
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