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WGI International Checklist of
Nymphaea (Waterlily) Cultivars
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1) Cultivar Name:
Nymphaea ‘Mark Pullen’
2)
Hardy or tropical: Tropical 3)
Day or night bloomer: Day
4)
Originator: Charles Winch 5)
Year of origin: 1987
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:
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: Cup, stellate
Diameter: 18-22 cm.
Sepal color,
exterior: Green
Sepal
color, interior: Light blue
Sepal
number: 4
Petal
color: Medium blue
Petal
number: 30
Stamen:
Filament color: Dark yellow
Anther color: Light yellow
Tip color: Blue
Pedicel
(flower stalk) color: Bronze green
Pedicel pubescent (fuzzy)? No
Fragrant? Yes
Height
above water: 18-20 cm.
Leaves: Shape:
Round
Margin: Denate
Length x width: 33 x 33 cm.
Sinus: Open
Lobes: Pointed
Color, top: Green
Color, underside: Green speckled with purple
Petiole (leaf stem) color: Bronze
Petiole
pubescent? No
Viviparous?
No
Spread of plant (diameter): 220 cm.
What
cultivar does this plant most closely resemble and how does it differ?
N.
‘Billabong’ but the flower is larger and it has green pads.
Unusual
characteristics or comments: Large flower with substance. Named for Mark
Pullen, the hybridizers grandson.
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