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DESCR<strong>IP</strong>TIONS<br />

PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 2000 VOL <strong>13</strong> NO. 1<br />

Table 4 Alstroemeria varieties<br />

‘Staprimar’ *‘Staprisza’ A *‘First Love’ A *‘Amazon’ A<br />

STEM CHARACTERISTICS<br />

length very short very short short short<br />

thickness very thin very thin very thick thin<br />

density of foliage dense to dense to dense medium<br />

very dense<br />

very dense<br />

LEAF CHARACTERISTICS<br />

length very short very short short medium<br />

width narrow to very narrow narrow medium<br />

very narrow<br />

shape of blade narrow ovate narrow ovate narrow ovate narrow elliptic<br />

Longitudinal axis of blade straight recurved recurved straight<br />

INFLORESCENCE CHARACTERISTICS<br />

number of umbel branches very few very few few medium to many<br />

length of umbels very short to short short short<br />

short<br />

pedicel length very short to short very short medium<br />

short<br />

FLOWER CHARACTERISTICS<br />

main colour light pink pink purple pink purple pink<br />

size medium medium medium small<br />

spread of tepals medium to broad medium medium medium<br />

OUTER TEPAL CHARACTERISTICS<br />

shape of blade broad-obovate broad-obovate obovate obovate<br />

depth of emargination<br />

very deep medium medium very shallow<br />

main colour (RHS) 55B-55C 52C 42A-54A 42A<br />

stripes present present absent absent<br />

number of stripes few to medium very few absent absent<br />

INNER LATERAL TEPAL CHARACTERISTICS<br />

shape of blade obovate obovate elliptic elliptic<br />

yellow colour (RHS) 12A 12A <strong>13</strong>B 5A<br />

number of stripes medium to many medium few to medium few to medium<br />

stripe thickness medium medium small to medium small to medium<br />

INNER MEDIAN TEPAL CHARACTERISTICS<br />

yellow colour absent present n/a present<br />

stripes medium medium n/a medium<br />

OTHER FLOWER CHARACTERISTICS<br />

filament colour pale pink pink pink red<br />

filament spots absent absent absent absent<br />

anther colour greenish greenish greenish brownish<br />

style colour green white pink n/a pink<br />

stigma colour green white pink n/a pink<br />

spots on stigma present absent present absent<br />

anthocyanin in ovary absent to absent to absent to strong<br />

very weak very weak very weak<br />

‘Stapripal’ syn Paola<br />

Application No: 1998/150 Accepted: 10 May 1999.<br />

Applicant: Van Staaveren BV, Aalsmeer, The Netherlands.<br />

Agent: F & I Baguley Flower and Plant Growers,<br />

Clayton South, VIC.<br />

Characteristics (Table 5, Figure 3) Plant: stem length very<br />

short, stem thickness very thin, density of foliage dense to<br />

very dense. Leaf: shape elliptic to ovate, longitudinal axis of<br />

blade straight, length very short, width narrow.<br />

Inflorescence: umbel branch number very few, length very<br />

short to short, pedicel length short. Flower: colour red<br />

purple, size medium, tepal spread medium; outer tepal<br />

shape broad obovate, depth of emargination shallow to<br />

medium, stripes present (absent), colour red purple RHS<br />

58B-58C at centre, RHS 58A at the apex, RHS 58D at the<br />

base and cream at the margins; inner lateral tepals shape<br />

elliptic, colour yellow RHS 9A (RHS <strong>13</strong>A) at centre, red<br />

purple RHS 70B 58A at the apex, stripes large, few to<br />

medium; inner median tepal yellow colour absent, stripes<br />

medium. Stamens: filament pink, spots absent; anther<br />

colour red brown (greenish). Ovary: anthocyanin weak to<br />

medium, style colour green white, stigma colour green<br />

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