Roscoea

AGM’s to be reconfirmed:
R. 'Kew Beauty'
AGM (H4) 2011
[trial entries: 46, 47, 48]
Entered by: RBG Kew, Beeches Nursery
and Bressingham Gardens
A vigorous plant which has lovely flowers.
A very popular cultivar. Originally thought to
be a R. cautleyoides, it is now thought that it
is R. cautleyoides x R. humeana hybrid.
AGM’s subject to Naming / Availability
R. cautleyoides ‘Purple Queen’
AGM (H4) 2011 (Subject to availability)
[trial entries: 50, 53]
Entered by: R Zijerveld and Beeches
Nursery
Foliage: Yellow green (146A);
Leaf features: Lightly glaucescent, lowest
sheath with narrow red tinted hyaline
margin;
Peduncle: Green. terete;
Flower colour: Dull purple (N78/N77B),
older flowers (N77C). Yellow (11C) patches
at top of lip;
Floral bract colour: Bracts green tinged
grey, flushed red in places; calyx greeny
grey.
A more shade loving cultivar, it is the best
of the purple flowered R. cautleyoides. These
often start to flower 7-10 days before the
yellow R. cautleyoides.
R. humeana ‘Stephanie Bloom’
AGM (H4) 2011 (Subject to availability)
[trial entry: 68]
Entered by: Bressingham Gardens
Foliage: Mid green, (somewhat yellower
than N137A);
Leaf features: Leaves short, strongly
sheathing flowers. Sheaths green, lowest
tinged reddish grey;
Peduncle: Not emerging from leaf sheaths;
Flower colour: Rich purple, (darker than
77A), some white in staminodes and
blotches at top of split lip/throat;
Floral bract colour: Bracts green; calyx
dirty white flushed purple and yellow green.
A very floriferous cultivar that increases
well, and will look wonderful for a good
length of time. A distinct and lovely plant.
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