Lavender Project — GwenGecko

Our first Lavender pairing was in 2023 between Dante and Poppy. Dante is a Lavender Stripe het Bell from a Blood Bell x Geckos Etc. Lavender Stripe, produced by Kawaii Geckos in 2020. Six years later he still has excellent lavender coverage on his laterals, bold spotting, hints of tangerine and paradox spotting. Poppy comes from B&M Geckos Bell Clown Project and has Electric and Sunfire Bell albino lineage crossed into original Clown line tangerine. We only kept two of their daughters form this pairing, Penelope and Rowan. Penny is 3 years young this year and still has plenty of lavender saturation in her patches, and bright tangerine as well. Rowan also both tangerine and lavender, but in a striped Bell albino package.

2023 Pairing: Dante x Poppy (Lavender Tangerine Project)

Fig. 1. Dante in 2023 at 3 years old

King is another B&M Clown Bell project male that we got from Brett to add tangerine and Bell genetics to our Tangerine Lavender project. He and Rowan produced some incredible hets and Bells, including our ‘24 holdbacks Ebi and Dragon Roll. Ebi looks like a more saturated version her mom; while Dragon Roll inherited his dad’s enormous size.

2024 Pairing: King x Rowan (Lavender Tangerine Project)

Fig. 15. Dante in 2025 at 5 years old. His pattern has gotten bolder over time, and his paradox spotting grew. And he still has those clean lavender sides!

Fig. 20. Hadlee in 2026

Fig. 9. King - Clown Tangerine het Bell from B&M Geckos

2025 Pairing: Dante x Flower (Lavender Stripe Project - Geckos Etc. Lineage)

Fig.16. Flower - 100% Geckos Etc. Line Lavender Stripe het bell. Hadlee is the only baby we managed to hatch from her eggs that made it (out of 2). She had some fertility issues and we suspect she may have been older than we originally thought when we purchased her. She also surprised us by being het for Bell albino. The second baby to hatch (that unfortunately passed away right after hatching) was an albino.

2026 Pairing: Hadlee x Paris (Gem Lavender Project)

This pairing served as a test breeding for BEll albino for Hadlee, as well as starting our Gem Lavender project. We produced some clean, beautiful Gem Snow stripes and jungles (10 out of 12 babies!), and 2 gorgeous lavender stripes. All of course are het for Bell albino and many will be available to the public over the next few months so keep a look out for them! We are also holding back at least 4 babies to grow them out and see how they develop. So far we’re very happy with them!

2023 Holdbacks - Penny & Rowan

Fig. 21. Paris in 2026 - she was produced by Sacred Heart Geckos and comes from lavender lineage (no specific line)

Fig. 17. Hadlee as a baby in 2025 (Dante x Flower) - (F1) He is 75% Geckos Etc. Lavender line and 25% Blood, pos. het. for Bell and eclipse (so far has not produced either).

Fig. 22. Charoite - Lavender Stripe het Bell

Fig. 25. Toadflax - One of the best Gem LS’s we’ve produced!

Fig. 18. Hadlee as a juvenile in 2025. He went through an amazing color change as he grew. His sides went from deep eggplant purple to bright periwinkle.

Fig. 22. Charoite - See the color change!!?

Fig. 19. Hadlee in early 2026. He is in shed here, so his markings are faded a bit. He continues to keep much of his lavender, though we shall see if he tends more towards Dante or Flower as he grows.

Fig. 8. Rowan in 2025

Fig. 11. Ebi as a hatchling in 2025.

Fig. 12. Ebi as a juvenile in 2025.

Fig. 13. Ebi in 2026. She laid her first duds this year but nothing fertile. We’ll try again next year!

Fig. 16. Dragon Roll in 2025.He is living as a beloved pet now.

2026 Holdbacks & Grow Outs

Fig. 2. Poppy in 2023 (B&M Bell Clown project) - Tang cross het Bell

Fig. 10. Rowan - Clown Tangerine het Bell

Fig. 3. Penelope - Lav Tang F1

Fig. 14. Dragon Roll in 2024

Fig. 4. Penelope in 2025

Fig. 7. Rowan - Tang LS Bell

2024 Holdbacks - Ebi & Dragon Roll

Fig. 15. Dragon Roll in 2025. Unfortunately we did not get a chance to breed him.

This pairing was highly anticipated, but it was just one of those years where we had some incubator and fertility troubles. Only 2 eggs hatched, and only 1 of those babies survived. I knew from the moment he hatched that Hadlee would be absolutely spectacular. Several folks have said he’s THE best lavender stripe they have ever seen here in the US, and we are very happy. While I don’t know about that, I do think he’s the best we’ve produced so far. though some of his kids are trying to rival him! Photos of them coming soon!