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I decided to review Diamine Marigold from the Flowers Gift Set, because it was the only one I had left to review out of the set. Before I continue I need to say that my scanner can't seem to accurately capture the shining brightness of a yellowish orange like this. So the ink is quite a bit brighter than the picture shows. Think slightly more retina searing. On the Diamine web-site, they only have small swab stripes showing the colours of the Flower Gift Set so I found it difficult to decide if this was going to be a straight forward yellow when I saw it on there. However, it isn't. It's a bright yellowish orange. A really good match for the colour of Marigolds. This ink was really nice to write with, maybe a little dryer than some of the other inks in the Flowers Gift set. That would tend to be the case for orange inks. It flowed well in the pens I filled with it, and I experienced no problems with it at all. It is a bright yellowish orange that is easy to read on paper, even when using a fine nib. It really livens up in a broader nib though. I compared it with a few yellowish orange inks that I have, and was pleased to see that the closest match to it was Sailor Jentle Apricot. If any Sailor Jentle Apricot users have tried Marigold as an alternative, I would be interested to learn what you thought, even though I suspect you might all say that Apricot is superior. I don't use yellow/orange inks often, but this one came as a nice surprise.This isn't a waterproof ink, and it doesn't offer much water resistance. The water was only on the grid for about 30 seconds.Bearing in mind the paper I use is thick with a shiny, smooth surface, and I used a Lamy F nib plus a Lamy 1.1mm nib, this ink took 16-18 secs to dry. That's about the average for this paper.It flows well and lubricates the nib well. I saw no skips or hard starts despite leaving the pen uncapped while I did all of the swab tests.It is currently available in 30ml glass bottles as one of the Flowers Gift set or 30ml plastic refill bottlesDiamine sell it directly to end-users on their web-site.