‘Red Elephant’ [Griffin]
| Name | Synonym of | Register number | Applicant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Red Elephant' [Griffin] | SRL-Sch-XXXX-1035 |
| Hybridizer | Country | Hybridizer reference | Name giver |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griffin | USA |
| Name year | Group | Growth habit | Seedling/Sport |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUSS | seedling |
| Pod parent | Pollen parent | Pollination year | Color |
|---|---|---|---|
| pod parent unknown | pollen parent unknown | red |
| Flower class | Flower form | Color composition | Flower size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petal form | Recurved | Stamen color | Style color |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit color | Fruit edged | Flower description | Clades color |
|---|---|---|---|
| upper petals rhodamine red with bright magenta base edges, and magenta-pink mid stripes becoming orange near the tips. Lower petals deep carmine violet with paler silvery mid stripes, more orange near the tips. Reverse of lower petals much redder than rhodamine-red upper petals, with orange mid stripes. Petals oblanceolate with pointed tips. Filaments and tubes very pale silvery magenta pink. Pollen creamy grey. Flower length 6.5 cm. Upper width 6 cm., lower width 5 cm. Tube length 3 cm. Ovary receptacle to 0.8 cm., five ribbed to angled, opaque amber green. Flowers reverse umbrella shape. Flowering late May to mid August (Australia). |
| Clades size | Phylloclades form | Reference | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| crenate | E.B. Hoare Notes: A6-2-3; McM&H 1995: 136 | obtained by E.B. Hoare from Betty Winton, 1980, labelled 'Pink Elephant' over entry for 'Red Elephant', but flowered red. Possibly the USA cv. of the same name. |
| Grower | Distributor |
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