‘Pillar Box’
| Name | Synonym of | Register number | Applicant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Pillar Box' | SRL-Rhi-XXXX-173 |
| Hybridizer | Country | Hybridizer reference | Name giver |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betty Winton | Australia | Ellery |
| Name year | Group | Growth habit | Seedling/Sport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pod parent | Pollen parent | Pollination year | Color |
|---|---|---|---|
| pod parent unknown | pollen parent unknown | red |
| Color temperature sensitive | Flower length | Flower width | Petal form |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recurved | Stamen color | Style color | Fruit color |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit edged | Flower description | Phylloclades length | Phylloclades width |
|---|---|---|---|
| buds are deep mailbox red opening to vermilion red (cinnabar red). Flower length is 5 cm., width is 6 cm. Oblanceolate petals have pointed tips. Frontal view petal count is 16. Pistil is mailbox red with 6 long white stigma lobes. Filaments are yellowish orange to pale mauve at their tops. Ovary is 0.6 cm., 5 ribbed, funnel to star shape with a deep reddish hue. |
| Reference | Comments | Grower | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meier 1995: 21; E.B. Hoare Notes: B1-10 | phylloclades are narrow at the bases, broader at their apexes with 2 - 3 rounded crenations per side. Long brownish bristles occur in a straight linear areole. New growth is reddish. This is a R. x graeseri type. |