‘Red Elephant’ [USA]
| Name | Synonym of | Register number | Applicant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Red Elephant' [USA] | SRL-Rhi-XXXX-195 |
| Hybridizer | Country | Hybridizer reference | Name giver |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA |
| Name year | Group | Growth habit | Seedling/Sport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pod parent | Pollen parent | Pollination year | Color |
|---|---|---|---|
| pod parent unknown | pollen parent unknown | orange |
| Flower class | Color composition | Flower size | Petal form |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recurved | Stamen color | Style color | Fruit color |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit edged | Flower description | Clades color | Clades size |
|---|---|---|---|
| orange-red petals with a darker mid stripe and reverse. Flowers are 3 cm. in length, 6 cm. in width. Petals are narrow with acute tips. Frontal view petal count is 12 - 14. Pistil is orange red with 5 white stigma lobes. Filaments are silvery, twisted clockwise around the pistil. Ovary is 0.8 cm., opaque reddish green with 5 ridges. |
| Reference | Comments | Grower | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meier 1995: 22; E.B. Hoare Notes: B1-12 | deep green phylloclades up to 7 cm. in length and up to 3 cm. in width with a semi- round linear areole. Areoles lack bristles. New growth is a reddish hue. Imported by Andrew Dominic Savio from the USA. Plant possibly had another name. R. x graeseri type. Fast growing and compact. |