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Originally Posted by
MikeM 
Yep. That's Mama Ochiba. It is all the rage to improve Ochiba by crossing with Kohaku. In time it will be increasingly difficult to draw the line between Goshiki and Ochiba. In Russell's thread on the Tokyo All-Japan show, there is an Ochiba pictured with very reddish "leaves" on a very light gray background. I'd guess that it shows the effect of Kohaku being crossed into Ochiba.
Dick, it seems to me that the U.S. dealers get great patterns only on male Ochiba.
... Are the females with nice patterns staying in Japan? Or, is SouthEast Asia paying the premium for them?
Mick: So, what's the time frame for the bigger pond to hold all your "little ones"?