Species: aberconwayi
SubSection: Irrorata
Native Country(s): Burma, China
Regions: China : Yunnan
Species Desc:
Stiffly upright shrubs with broadly lanceolate, rigid and shiny leaves. The showy white flowers (late spring to early summer) are almost flat in shape with reddish flecks. A distinct and easily grown species with unusual stiff foliage and saucer-shaped flowers late in the season. Only known from a few mountains in NE Yunnan where it occurs around 10,000 ft.
Citimax Desc:
Upright evergreen shrubs with distinct saucer-shaped flowers standing boldly above the foliage in an erect inflorescence. 1964/015 ?His Lordship? WIND (+5R16). Flowers white with crimson flecks in this AM (1945) clone from wc McLaren seed (T.41). 1964/204 HEN:WAL (+5R16). Flowers white flushed pale rose with a few magenta flecks. 1973/001 EXB:FR:PHB (+5). 1978/015 'Westhaven' MCG (+5R16). Flowers white with maroon spots.
Accessions:
1964/015 ‘His Lordship’ Bodnant (0\R1\4). Distinct rigid and shiny leaves with an upright habit. The large flat flowers are white with red spots on this 1945 AM form selected from McLaren #T41. Easy and floriferous with great flowers in late spring.
1964/204 HEN – WAL (+5\R1\6). Flowers white flushed pale rose with a few magenta flecks.
1973/001 EXB – FR – PHB (+5).
1978/015 ‘Westhaven’ MCG (+5\R1\6). Flowers white with maroon spots
Categories: Citimax Profile