This is the second article in my group of posts on species produced by the University of Hawaii.
The UH posseses an agriculture department that was one of the leaders in producing brand new anthurium species in the last several decades. This department has been at the leading edge of creating varieties that are: a lot more resistant to disease, greater yielding, more colorful and able to last longer after being harvested. With this sequence of posts, I am going to highlight the fruits of their work.
The Le'ahi is a pink and green obake blossom that is named after the Hawaiian name for Diamond Head, the well-known volcanic hill that's a prominent Oahu landmark. The Le'ahi's keeps its attractive coloration year-round and yields nearly eight flowers a year. Regrettably, it is prone to blight, so it is a marginally trickier plant to grow.
The Le'ahi was created by mixing an offspring of orange-colored UH931 along with a pink-colored Blushing Bride. It is a variety that works nicely as a cut flower and as a potted plant. Though as a cut flower, a few state it features a stem that is a little too small. However its unusually gorgeous color pattern, helps to offset its small stems.
The New Era is really a purplish-pink flower that gained its name through being the first blight tolerant plant. It is ushering in a new era of blight tolerant plants. It has a slightly elongated spathe and a yellow-green spadix that turns white as it matures.
The New Era was a final result of combining 3 different cultivars. An A494 Anthurium andraeanum was mixed with an A. antioquiense, and the outcome of this pairing was once again mixed with a pink UH507 to make this attractive blossom. It offers a long stem and is resistant to both anthracnose and bacterial blight. It was first introduced to cooperating farmers in '04 and it generates roughly six blossoms each year. What's more, it offers an superb vase life of forty-four days.
The UH posseses an agriculture department that was one of the leaders in producing brand new anthurium species in the last several decades. This department has been at the leading edge of creating varieties that are: a lot more resistant to disease, greater yielding, more colorful and able to last longer after being harvested. With this sequence of posts, I am going to highlight the fruits of their work.
The Le'ahi is a pink and green obake blossom that is named after the Hawaiian name for Diamond Head, the well-known volcanic hill that's a prominent Oahu landmark. The Le'ahi's keeps its attractive coloration year-round and yields nearly eight flowers a year. Regrettably, it is prone to blight, so it is a marginally trickier plant to grow.
The Le'ahi was created by mixing an offspring of orange-colored UH931 along with a pink-colored Blushing Bride. It is a variety that works nicely as a cut flower and as a potted plant. Though as a cut flower, a few state it features a stem that is a little too small. However its unusually gorgeous color pattern, helps to offset its small stems.
The New Era is really a purplish-pink flower that gained its name through being the first blight tolerant plant. It is ushering in a new era of blight tolerant plants. It has a slightly elongated spathe and a yellow-green spadix that turns white as it matures.
The New Era was a final result of combining 3 different cultivars. An A494 Anthurium andraeanum was mixed with an A. antioquiense, and the outcome of this pairing was once again mixed with a pink UH507 to make this attractive blossom. It offers a long stem and is resistant to both anthracnose and bacterial blight. It was first introduced to cooperating farmers in '04 and it generates roughly six blossoms each year. What's more, it offers an superb vase life of forty-four days.
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