Roscoea

R. cautleyoides 'Jeffrey Thomas'
AGM (H4) 2011
[trial entries: 40 & 41]
Entered by: Sampford Shrubs and R
Zijerveld
Foliage: Mid green (N137A);
Leaf features: Leaves and sheaths slightly
glaucescent. Sheaths green;
Peduncle: Green, glaucescent;
Flower colour: Lip very pale yellow (4A)
veined slightly darker yellow, hood and
wings flushed yellow (4B), throat yellow
(5C);
Floral bract colour: Bracts green flushed
red (187C) in upper half; calyx greenish
yellow flushed red.
A very strong growing and floriferous
cultivar, and one of the earliest types of
Roscoea to flower.
R. cautleyoides ‘Abigail Bloom’
entered as “Kew Dwarf form”
AGM (H4) 2011
[trial entry: 45]
Entered by: Bressingham Gardens
Foliage: Mid green (N137A);
Leaf features: Sheaths greyish green,
dull. Red tinging at base of lowest sheath;
Peduncle: Not emerging from leaf sheaths;
Flower colour: Very pale yellow, (paler
than 1D), slightly stronger yellow in throat
and hood;
Floral bract colour: Green tipped greyed
red, Calyx greenish, tinged red.
A lovely compact plant – like a smaller ‘Kew
Beauty’. All the flowers open at once
producing an outstanding display, which
also means that it doesn’t look untidy alter,
unlike many other cultivars.
R. forrestii
AGM (H4) 2011
[trial entry: 62]
Entered by: B Mathew
Foliage: Mid green, (yellower than 137A);
Leaf features: Sheaths green, striate;
Peduncle: Stems hidden by
foliage/sheaths;
Flower colour: Pale yellow (2C);
Floral bract colour: Bracts green, pale
with red tinged sheaths.
A distinctive species. Currently there is only
one clone of this species in cultivation.
Produces distinctive bunches of
inflorescences. The flowers are a lovely
colour.
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