You are bidding on a mature, field-grown double fan of GOLIATH ON STEROIDS (Forrester, 2012) which was lined-out in July 2015 for sale in the spring of 2016. No BAP is allowed in our garden! Photos are taken in our garden during bloom season.

GOLIATH ON STEROIDS (Cecil "Jack" Forrester, 2012) is being released for the first time with this writing and is extremely limited. "Jack" Forrester was a Vietnam War Vet who was exposed to Agent Orange and eventually succumbed to cancer of the spine. Jack selected the name for his plant while he was still physically able to do so. While he was in the nursing home and shortly before his death, I received a call from him asking me to grow this one on for him. I have been honored to do that for him. I feel his final request would have been for me to get this one into the hands of some real spider experts. To the best of my knowledge, at 16.5 inches, it is the largest spider that has ever been registered with AHS. "Jack" considered this his crowning achievement.

AHS REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
Tet, 16.5", 38", Mid-to-Late Bloom with Rebloom, Dormant, 7BC. 5-Way Branching. Spider Ratio 4.50:1. Deep red, yellow to green throat. (CHRISTMAS TIDINGS X VELVET RIBBONS)

I'm not a hybridizer, so I can't verify fertility. I do know, however, that I've pulled seed pods off of it while deadheading. It is magnificent in clump form. Foliage, typical of spiders, is narrower than the usual daylily. It increases fast and has been tough as nails for me here in southeast Tennessee.