‘Holmesby Red’ [Winton-R]
Name | Synonym of | Register number | Applicant |
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'Holmesby Red' [Winton-R] | SRL-Rhi-XXXX-118 |
Hybridizer | Country | Hybridizer reference | Name giver |
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Betty Winton | Australia |
Name year | Group | Growth habit | Seedling/Sport |
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Pod parent | Pollen parent | Pollination year | Color |
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pod parent unknown | pollen parent unknown | red |
Flower class | Color composition | Flower size | Petal form |
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Recurved | Stamen color | Style color | Fruit color |
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Fruit edged | Flower description | Clades color | Clades size |
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light red with fuchsia or magenta edges. Funnel to wheel shaped flowers are 4.5 cm. in length and 6 cm. in width. Petals are obovate with pointed tips. Frontal view petal count is 14. Pistil is pale yellowish red to pale mauve with 7 large stigma lobes. Filaments are pale yellowish red darkening to pale mauve at the top. Ovary is 0.8 cm., 5 angled, yellow green with a red-bronze hue. Form is funnel-shaped to star-shaped. Flower is similar to R. gaertneri in form. |
Reference | Comments | Grower | Distributor |
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Meier 1995: 20; E.B. Hoare Notes: B1-8 | matte mid green phylloclades with 2 - 4 heavily bristled lateral areoles per side. Linear areole is semi-round with 1 cm. long yellow-green bristles. Obtained by Des Ellery from Betty Winton. |