Trithor
Chico (..... the clown)
I imported a few plants many years ago. They all proved very difficult to grow and bloom. They were sold to me as 'new multifloral, new habitat, Maliau'
They do not like the same conditions as my kolos, phillis, roths, or others. Out of the original 17 plants I am left with 4 plants. They seem to be growing now. They obviously prefer much colder and shadier conditions to the other listed multis, and are now growing in pots with a fine aggregate in a SH system, and are kept with 'feet' constantly wet.
The flowers are normally in pairs, but also as in this flowering as a single. The background ground colour is near ice white and the bloom is about a third the size of a roths, slightly smaller than a kolo. The petals do tend to twist.
My initial impression was that it was a very small roths, perhaps stressed, but over the years, as I have improved the culture and the remaining plants are now growing well, the blooms remain consistent. I am left with the impression that it is from a distinct population of plants, perhaps a natural hybrid (but if so, with what?). Alternatively a genetically stable mutated population of ......what?
...........Opinions please!
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They do not like the same conditions as my kolos, phillis, roths, or others. Out of the original 17 plants I am left with 4 plants. They seem to be growing now. They obviously prefer much colder and shadier conditions to the other listed multis, and are now growing in pots with a fine aggregate in a SH system, and are kept with 'feet' constantly wet.
The flowers are normally in pairs, but also as in this flowering as a single. The background ground colour is near ice white and the bloom is about a third the size of a roths, slightly smaller than a kolo. The petals do tend to twist.
My initial impression was that it was a very small roths, perhaps stressed, but over the years, as I have improved the culture and the remaining plants are now growing well, the blooms remain consistent. I am left with the impression that it is from a distinct population of plants, perhaps a natural hybrid (but if so, with what?). Alternatively a genetically stable mutated population of ......what?
...........Opinions please!
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