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WGI Registry of
Nymphaea (Waterlily) Cultivars
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1) Cultivar Name:
Nymphaea ‘Craig’s Honour’
2)
Hardy or tropical: Tropical 3)
Day or night bloomer: Day
4)
Originator: Charles Winch 5)
Year of origin: 2000
6)
Address: Removed to protect privacy
NSW,
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?
No
17) If yes to 16, give details of the earliest publication
(title, date, publisher, etc.):
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? Yes
21) If yes, please give details (where,
when deposited, etc.):
Royal Botanic Gardens
ABOUT THE PLANT
Parentage:
Seed
(maternal) parent: Unknown
Pollen
(paternal) parent: Unknown
Please give following dimensions
in centimeters
Description ‑ Flower: Shape:
Stellate
Diameter: 16 cm.
Sepal
color, exterior: Green
Sepal
color, interior: Very deep purple
Sepal
number: 4
Petal
color: Deep purple
Petal number:
40
Stamen:
Filament color: Dark yellow
Anther color: Light yellow
Tip color: Deep purple
Pedicel
(flower stalk) color: Bronze green
Pedicel pubescent (fuzzy)? No
Fragrant? Yes
Height
above water: 21 cm.
Leaves: Shape:
Ovate
Margin: Denate
Length x width: 46 x 43 cm.
Sinus: Open
Lobes: Pointed
Color, top: Green flecked lightly with purple
Color, underside: Purple with green veins
Petiole (leaf stem) color: Bronze
Petiole
pubescent? No
Viviparous?
No
Spread of plant (diameter): 330 cm.
What
cultivar does this plant most closely resemble and how does it differ?
N.
‘Director George T. Moore’ but with more petals that are darker and narrower
Unusual
characteristics or comments: Dark purple petals; centre of flower
appears more square & cup-shaped
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