Romneya - new hybrid?

As guest speaker at a garden club last week, I was presented with a
plant which appears to be something different in the Romneyas.  The
label is:
Romneya x hybrida (syn. R. x vandenii)

As I already have Romneya coulteri 'White Cloud', it differs in having
smaller, more deeply divided leaves and large thorns on the main stems,
the whole plant quite prickly.

I looked on the Net for more info, but none of the sites goes into much
depth.  I think 'White Cloud' is a hybrid between R. coulteri and R.
trichocalyx.  Can anyone give me some info about Romneya x vandenii?

Considering the difficulty of getting Romneya seeds to germinate, more
power to anyone who has the patience to raise hybrids of this plant!

Diane Pertson
Otter Point Haven otterpt@macn.bc.ca
Nature Notes from Vancouver Island
http://zapbc.com/nature.htm at
Parksville & Qualicum Beach Online http://zapbc.com
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