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PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1997 VOL <strong>10</strong> NO. 2<br />

Comparative Trial Comparators: ‘Pink Swirls’, ‘Pink<br />

Sunrise’. Location: Bournda, NSW Feb 1996 – Apr 1996.<br />

Conditions: plants propagated by cuttings Nov 1995, grown<br />

outdoor in 175mm diameter pots in a mixture of pine bark,<br />

sand and loam. Trial design: 60 plants arranged in<br />

randomised complete blocks. Measurements: 20 randomly<br />

selected specimens.<br />

Prior Applications and Sales Nil.<br />

Description: Iain Dawson, Canberra, ACT.<br />

Table 17 Bracteantha varieties<br />

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‘Spectrum’ *‘Pink *‘Pink<br />

Swirls’ Sunrise’<br />

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PLANT HEIGHT (cm)<br />

mean 38.5 32.9 22.8<br />

std deviation 3.5 7.1 4.6<br />

LSD/sig 3.0 P#0.01 P#0.01<br />

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STEM THICKNESS (mm) – 15cm from apex<br />

mean 3.3 5.4 4.1<br />

std deviation 0.9 1.2 1.0<br />

LSD/sig 0.6 P#0.01 P#0.01<br />

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STEM INTERNODE LENGTH (cm) – maximum<br />

mean 7.7 5.6 5.5<br />

std deviation 1.0 1.9 1.8<br />

LSD/sig 1.4 P#0.01 P#0.01<br />

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LEAF COLOUR – upper surface<br />

colour yellow yellow green<br />

green green<br />

RHS 147A 144A 137C<br />

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LEAF LENGTH (cm)<br />

mean <strong>10</strong>.8 14.4 11.5<br />

std deviation 1.5 2.5 1.2<br />

LSD/sig 1.1 P#0.01 ns<br />

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LEAF WIDTH (cm)<br />

mean 2.24 2.45 1.29<br />

std deviation 0.35 0.31 0.20<br />

LSD/sig 0.17 P#0.01 P#0.01<br />

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FLOWER NUMBER<br />

mean 19.4 15.7 12.1<br />

std deviation 5.7 <strong>10</strong>.7 5.8<br />

LSD/sig 4.5 ns P#0.01<br />

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FLOWER HEAD DIAMETER (mm)<br />

mean 51.9 50.1 36.0<br />

std deviation 1.5 2.0 2.5<br />

LSD/sig 1.7 P#0.01 P#0.01<br />

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RAY FLORET<br />

colour purple-red purple-red pink<br />

at tip at tip<br />

grading to grading to<br />

white white<br />

at base at base<br />

RHS 64A-64D 64A-64D 36C<br />

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FAN FLOWER<br />

Scaevola aemula<br />

‘Blue Fandango’<br />

Application No: 94/118 Accepted: 30 May 1994.<br />

Applicant: Neil Marriott, Stawell,VIC.<br />

Agent: Plants Management <strong>Australia</strong> Pty Ltd, Warragul,<br />

VIC.<br />

Description (Table 18, Figure 14) Plant: dense, perennial<br />

shrub, stems upright or ascending, seldom trailing. Leaf:<br />

serrate and/or irregularly lobed, soft, with a short open<br />

indumentum. Flower: in progressing terminal heads above<br />

foliage.<br />

Origin Seedling selection: Scaevola aemula coastal form.<br />

Breeder: Neil Marriott, Stawell, VIC. Selection criteria:<br />

more upright growth and different flower colour.<br />

Propagation: vegetative.<br />

Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Purple Fanfare’.<br />

Location: Austraflora Pty Ltd, Montrose, VIC, Jan 1997 –<br />

Mar, 1997. Conditions: plants grown in 15cm pots in<br />

standard soilless potting medium in the open. Trial design:<br />

random <strong>10</strong> plants. Measurements: <strong>10</strong> random samples from<br />

each of <strong>10</strong> plants.<br />

Prior Applications and Sales Nil.<br />

Description: Bill Molyneux, Montrose, VIC<br />

Table 18 Scaevola varieties<br />

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‘Blue<br />

*‘Purple<br />

Fandango’ Fanfare’<br />

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PLANT HEIGHT(cm) – at 55 days<br />

mean 45.9 27.2<br />

std deviation 3.6 4.2<br />

LSD/sig 2.8 P#0.01<br />

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PLANT WIDTH(cm)<br />

mean 39.9 81.7<br />

std deviation 7.7 8.9<br />

LSD/sig 6.9 P#0.01<br />

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LEAF LENGTH (mm)<br />

mean 85.3 51.7<br />

std deviation 35.4 20.3<br />

LSD/sig 26.0 P#0.01<br />

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LEAF WIDTH (mm)<br />

mean 23.8 16.2<br />

std deviation 7.5 5.0<br />

LSD/sig 4.9 P#0.01<br />

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LEAF COLOUR<br />

yellow green green<br />

(144A)<br />

(141A)<br />

with irregular with irregular<br />

suffusions of suffusions of<br />

greyed orange greyed orange<br />

(177A)<br />

(177A)<br />

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