[GrowRR] HELP

[derek butcher]

Vriesea lovers
I now have a photo of Vriesea 'Moyna' which will eventually be on the
online Register data base. It isn't our monster! Any more comments welcome
Derek

>Vriesea lovers
>In 1984 Brian Smith listed a gigantea x fosteriana Red Chestnut. In
>Beadle's 1991 Prelim list we had gigantea x 'Red Chestnut' by DeLeon. In
>the 1996 Register we had gigantea? x 'Red Chestnut' by Bob Work and named
>'Moyna'.
>I have no photos to help me identify any of these plants and will be
>contacting Moyna to see if she has an old photo somewhere of the plant
>named after her!
>Meanwhile, a check of the Online Register shows no other names have been
>allotted to this hybrid which seems to have been done by several hybridists
>who are not willing to own up to their own creations!
>We have this huge plant - even under Adelaide conditions - flowering in our
>collection now and Auntie Margaret feels it is worthy of a cultivar name.
>These sorts of cultivars take years to flower and I have a feeling that our
>plant originated in the USA and was not created by some Australian
>hybridist. Aussie hybridists know I watch them carefully!
>Does anybody know of any more history? Our plant is over 1 metre in diam
>and the flower is peaking at 2 metres.
>Uncle Derek
>Attachment Converted: "C:\internet\Download\Vr gigantea x red chestnut2.jpg"
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