P. gibbosum x P. ‘Cortusina’
Pollination in 2009 and seedling raised in 2010 by Edgar.
At first the flowers are rich dark purple, but fade to an another shade with age.
The flowers are nightscented.
Photo © Edgar
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Gibbosina Violet
P. gibbosum x P. ‘Cortusina’
Pollination in 2009 and seedling raised in 2010 by Edgar. Kept for myself.
Gibbosina Violet has the most square shaped petals of my Gibbosinas.
The flowers are violet with small markings un upper petals. Nightscented.
Photo © Edgar
P. triste
P. triste is a species in the section Polyactium.
It has night scented flowers and is winter growing.
There are variations of this species. Flowers from white to more yellow-brownish with smaller or larger blotches. The leaves varies in how finely divided they are.
This plant is grown from seed.
Cortusina
Cortusina – a cross likely of P. gibbosum and P. cortusifolium.
Lawranceanum
A seedling of P. lobatum from R.H. Jenkins collection. It has been suggested it is hybrid P. lobatum x P. fulgidum, or more probably P. lobatum x ‘Ardens’.
From ca. 1827. Described by Robert Sweet in 1930.
Nightscented flowers, but the scent is not that strong.
Ardens
‘Ardens’ is an old cultivar, a cross between P. fulgidum and P. lobatum, introduced in 1817. It was hybridised by Lee, Hammersmith UK, 1810.
