Grevillea 'Poorinda Elegance'
Leaves are a bright shiny green on upper surface, but covered
with dense silky hairs on underside. Each leaf is up to about 4cm long and
about 4-6mm wide and pungent. The edges are slightly rolled under. Flowers
are yellow with contrasting bright pink style, are produced in loose heads
on the ends of short branches. Short leaf-like bracts are usually seen
within each flower head. Individual flowers, yellow about 1.2cm long while
the bright pink styles are about 2.2cm long. Flowers are said to be
sterile.
Note:
This cultivar can be expected to grow to a height of about 1.5m by
about 2m wide.
Diagnosis:
The flower colours of yellow and bright pink distinguish this
cultivar from its assumed parents.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Belinda'
A shrub with laxly spreading to divaricate branches; leaves
15-25mm long,2-4mm broad, oblong to narrow elliptical, + acute with
scarcely pungent points, glabrous glossy and trinerved above, the margins
recurved; infloresence a short loose raceme, the rachis 7-8mm long,
pubescent; flowers on slender pubescent pedicals 5-7mm long; perianth tube
8-10mm long + 1mm diameter near the recurved limb, dilating to + 3mm
diameter below the middle, pubescent, the limb 2.25mm diameter, more
densely pubescent; ovary villous as is the 2mm long stipe; style + 20mm
long villous in the lower part with scattered hairs above, disc surrounding
stigma obicular 2mm diameter, glabrous.
Diagnosis:
Grevillea 'Poorinda Belinda' differs from G. juniperina chiefly
in its scarcely pungent + flat leaves; perianth tube more broadley dilated
below the middle; ovary and stipe villous, the stipe much less than 4mm
long, and inits hairy style.
Comparators:
Grevillea juniperina R.Br. 13M (Ca 21Km) from
Braidwood-Nerriga, New South Wales, D.W. Shoobridge, 28-10-1962 CBG 013054.
Notes:
Another attractive addition to the "Poorinda" range of cultivars and
one that is similiar at least in leaf shape to G. 'Poorinda Signet'. It can
be distinguished from that cultivar by the innocuous points of its leaves;
its shorter inflorescence and the hairy covering of its branches which is
not distinctively whitish grey. Differences to be seen are densely hairy
ovary of G. 'Poorinda Belinda', its much longer hairy style and its overall
flower colour which is a pale orange shade rather than brick red.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Peter'
This cultivar is a large spreading shrub growing to a height
of about 3 metres by 3-4 metres wide. The leaves are very deeply lobed,
occasionally with secondary lobes. The individual lobes are pungent, and
15mm by 4-5mm wide. The upper leaf surface is smooth and shiny whilst the
underside is covered with dense silvery hairs. The leaf edges are rolled
under. The new foliage has purple to bronze tonings. The flowers are of the
toothbrush type and are borne terminally in the upper leaf axils. The
perianth is about 10mm long and is covered with dense hairs. These hairs
mask its deep purple colour. The reddish purple style is about 20mm long.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar differs from G. acanthifolia in that each lobe is
usually entire compared with the usually sub-divided lobes of G.
acanthifolia. The leaves are different from G. longifolia in that they are
much more deeply lobed.
Note:
Upon further continuing close examination of specimens growing at the
Australian National Botanic Gardens it has been found that not all
specimens have dense silvery hairs on the underside of the leaves. It
appears that this characteristic can vary slightly between specimens in
different situations. For this reason this characteristic should not have
too great an emphasis placed upon it when determining this cultivar.
Grevillea juniperina 'Lunar Light'
This cultivar retains the prostrate habit of the parent plant
but is variegated, and the flowers are distinctly different in colour. The
leaf variegation varies from all yellow on the new growth to mature leaves
showing approximately 75% green and 25% variegation. The variegation is
around the margins of the leaves. The flowers tend towards orange suffused
with pink. Flowering starts in November.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is distinguished from the prostrate yellow
flowered form of G. juniperina by the variegated leaves and orange pink
flowers.
Grevillea 'Mason's Hybrid'
This cultivar grows into a bushy shrub plus/minus 1.5m tall by
up to 2m across. The foliage is very similar to another G. banksii x G.
bipinnatifa hybrid, G. 'Robyn Gordon'. The racemes of flowers are 12cm long
by 10cm in diameter. For the individual flowers the perianth parts are
plus/minus 18mm long and the style plus/minus 25mm. Flowers can be found at
all times of they year. The flowers are apricot coloured ant the styles are
red.
Diagnosis:
The foliage of G. 'Mason's Hybrid' can be difficult to
distinguish from the foliage of G. 'Robyn Gordon'. The flowers may be
easily distinguished. G. 'Mason's Hybrid' has apricot coloured flowers
whereas G. 'Robyn Gordon' has red flowers. The flower racemes are more open
and spreading than in G. bipinnatifida and are not held erect as in G.
banksii. The distinguishing features from another hybrid with the same
parentage, G. 'Superb', are that G. 'Mason's Hybrid' grows taller, and
flower colour is different. The flower is also a little smaller than G.
'Superb'. The style tips are quite different colours.
Comparators:
Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon' ACRA ACC001. Grevillea
'Kentlyn' ACRA ACC207. Note: G. 'Mason's Hybrid' has been sold under the
synonymous names Grevillea 'Ned Kelly' and Grevillea 'Kentlyn', but should
in future be referred to as G. 'Mason's Hybrid'.
Grevillea 'Parfait Creme'
This cultivar is an open to medium dense bush up to 3.5m tall
by 3m wide. The leaves are very similar to those of G. whiteana. The main
flowering season is spring and autumn though some flowers are found over
most of the year.
Diagnosis:
Grevillea 'Parfait Creme' differs from Grevillea 'Pink Parfait'
in the colour of the flowers. It is very similar to G. whiteana but differs
in the following ways:
G. whiteana
G. 'Parfait Creme'
flowers white/cream
flowers cream-yellow/caramel
pollen presenter yellow
pollen presenter greenish
branch wood pale to fawn
branch wood reddish brown
foliage greyish
foliage greenish
hairs on perianth creamy
hairs on perianth rusty
Flowering is more prolific than either of its parents.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Refrain'
Bushy shrub growing to a height of about 1.3m. Theleaves are covered on both sides with dense silvery hairs, and about 22mmlong by about 5mm wide. The leaf edges are rolled under. The flowers are formed into clusters at the ends of short branchlets. The perianth is very woolly and yellow-buff in colour and about 8mm long and the styles are about 10mm long.
Anigozanthos 'Autumn Sunrise'
Stems to ca. 1.75m tall, panicle plumose, slightly villous.
Flowers on pedicels to ca. 6mm long; the wool plumose, dense with red tinge
on the ovary, becoming more yellow green and less dense towards the lobes.
Perianth tube to ca. 4cm long, scabrous inside, hairs longer towards the
base, some with stellate tips immediately above the ovary; lobes to ca. 1cm
long, silvery plumose inside. Anthers oblong-linear, more or less the same
length as filaments, the connective tipped with a gland like appendage.
Ovules 2-6 per locule. The flowering season is November in Western
Australia.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar differs from A. flavidus in having a broader but
shorter perianth tube which tapers gradually from the base to the end of
the tube and the corolla lobes are reflexed. The flower stem is less
branched than A. flavidus and the leaves are broader and less upright. Both
the anthers and the filaments are much longer than A. flavidus, and the
anthers are light green whereas in A. flavidus they are always orange.
Anigozanthos 'Autumn Sunrise' differs from A. pulcherrimus in having
generally broader leaves which are lighter green and more upright. The
perianth tube is longer than A. pulcherrimus and broader, but there are
less flowers per branch. Anthers and filaments are similar in colour and
shape but larger than A. pulcherrimus.
Anigozanthos 'Hickman's Delight'
Stems to + 1.5m with a covering of pale orange plumose hairs
becoming more dense and dark red in colour at the final division of the
raceme, some pale hairs persisting. Flowers on pedicels to ca. 8mm long,
the wool dard red with scattered pale hairs lending a dusty appearance.
Perianth tube to + 4cm long, minutely scabrous inside, the hairs becoming
more linear finally with stellate tips; lobes + 1cm long, with grey-green
sometimes pale orange woolly plumose hairs inside. Anthers shorter than
dark purple filaments, the connective with a gland like appendage. Ovules
more than 10 per locule.
Diagnosis:
Anigozanthos 'Hickman's Delight' differs from A. manglesii in
having a shorter perianth tube which is rounded at the end, flat in A.
manglesii. The anthers are greenish yellow, (green in A. manglesii) and the
anthers are arranged in a part circle (flat in A. manglesii). The perianth
lobes are not as reflexed as in A. manglesii and the colour of the perianth
is the same through to the base, (two tone in ordinary A. manglesii). The
leaves are evergreen. It differs from A. rufus in having larger flowers,
i.e. larger and broader corolla tube. Has fewer flowers and less branching.
The colour of the flower is closer to A. rufus than any of the other
species. The leaves are deeper green, with A. rufus leaves having a greyish
tinge. A. 'Hickman's Delight' is different from A. flavidus in havung
shorter flower stems, fewer flowers and less branching. The perianth tube
is much broader and a fraction longer than A. flavidus. The perianth lobes
are much broader and slightly more reflexed than A. flavidus. Anthers are
larger, greenish yellow, orange in A. flavidus, the filaments are much
longer with the outer two being curved, set at an angle of 45 degrees in
A. flavidus. The leaves are similar to A. flavidus but not as upright. The
flowers are significantly larger than in other red flowered cultivars.
Other comments:
This cultivar flowers from November to December in W.A. It
has been in cultivation since 1972.
Anigozanthos 'Regal Claw'
This cultivar grows to 1.5m tall (flower stem). The leaves are
ca. 25cm long by 5-10mm wide and glabrous. The flowers are in terminal
clusters on a double-headed inflorescence. The individual flowers are ca.
40mm long. In bud the flowers are covered in a dense covering of red
plumose hairs but as the flower grows and matures these hairs become more
scattered making the flower appear more orange. Flowers appear over most of
the year with main flush in October.
Diagnosis:
Anigozanthos preissii: Plant up to 0.3m wide, leaves 30-50cm long,
nearly terete.
Leaves smooth, deciduous.
Flower stem to 0.6m, once forked, covered in short woolly hairs.
Flowers 5-6cm long.
Anigozanthos 'Regal Claw': Plant up to 0.4m wide
Leaves to 25cm long, thin and straplike, glabrous and not deciduous.
Flower stem to 1.5m long, branched. Stem smooth becoming woolly at top.
Flowers up to 5cm long.
Anigozanthos flavidus: Plant to 1.0m wide
Leaves up to 1.0m long, straplike, glabrous and not deciduous.
Flower stem branched but smooth up to branched area.
Flowers 3-4cm long.