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WGI Registry of

Nymphaea (Waterlily) Cultivars

 

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1) Cultivar Name:

Nymphaea ‘Camembert’

   

2) Hardy or tropical: Tropical                            3) Day or night bloomer: Day

4) Originator: Charles Winch                             5) Year of origin: 1998

6) Address: Removed to protect privacy
 NSW, Australia

 

7) Nominant (Named by): Charles Winch

            8) Address (if different from above):

 

9) Introducer:

10) Address (if different from above):

 

11) Applicant: Noelene Pullen

12) Address (if different from above):

 

13) Phone:  14) Fax:  15) Email: Removed to protect privacy

 

16) As far as you know, has this name been published in a dated publication together with a description?

                                                                        Yes

 

17) If yes to 16, give details of the earliest publication (title, date, publisher, etc.):

The Names of Waterlilies 2002 Knotts

 

18) Has this cultivar been granted Patent or Plant Breeders' Rights, or is it being sold under a trade designation other than the name used here? No

 

19) If yes to any of the above, please give details:

 

20) Has a Standard been deposited in a recognized herbarium? No

 

 
21) If yes, please give details (where, when deposited, etc.):

 

ABOUT THE PLANT

 

Parentage: Seed (maternal) parent: Unknown

 

Pollen (paternal) parent: Unknown

 

Please give following dimensions in centimeters

 

Description ‑ Flower: Shape: Stellate

Diameter:  20 cm.

            Sepal color, exterior: Green

            Sepal color, interior: Light yellow/cream

            Sepal number: 4

 
            Petal color: Light yellow/cream

Petal number: 36

            Stamen: Filament color: Deep yellow                            

            Anther color: Yellow

                        Tip color: Light yellow/cream   

            Pedicel (flower stalk) color: Bronze green

Pedicel pubescent (fuzzy)? No

Fragrant?  Yes

Height above water: 30 cm.

 

Leaves: Shape: Ovate

             Margin: Denate

             Length x width: 52 x 49 cm.

             Sinus: Open

             Lobes: Pointed           

             Color, top: Variegated brown and green

             Color, underside: Speckled dark red, light red and green with green around centre

             Petiole (leaf stem) color: Bronze

             Petiole pubescent? No

             Viviparous? No

             Spread of plant (diameter):       333 cm.

 

What cultivar does this plant most closely resemble and how does it differ?

N. ‘Charles Winch’, but is yellow/cream and the pads are mottled

 

Unusual characteristics or comments: Pointed narrow cream petals combined with long stamens and contrasted with blotched leaves

 

 

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