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WGI International Checklist of
Nymphaea (Waterlily) Cultivars
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1) Cultivar Name:
Nymphaea ‘Pink Cactus’
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,
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: Stellate
Diameter: 18-20 cm.
Sepal
color, exterior: Green, with reddish brown flecks
Sepal
color, interior: Medium pink
Sepal
number: 4
Petal
color: Medium pink
Petal
number: 40
Stamen:
Filament color: Dark yellow
Anther color: Light yellow
Tip color: Medium pink
Pedicel
(flower stalk) color: Bronze green
Pedicel pubescent (fuzzy)? No
Fragrant? Yes
Height
above water: 15 cm.
Leaves: Shape:
Ovate
Margin: Denate
Length x width: 38 x 36 cm.
Sinus: Open
Lobes: Pointed
Color, top: Variegated apple green and reddish
brown
Color, underside: Green speckled with reddish
brown
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. ‘Evelyn
Randig’ but with crinkled petals and a different
style of variegated leaves.
Unusual
characteristics or comments:
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