Re: Question about bloodroot cultivar names?
- Subject: Re: Question about bloodroot cultivar names?
- From: "Marge Talt" m*@hort.net
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 01:55:35 -0400
Chris, there have been numerous posts on Trillium-L about the double
bloodroots - which, of course, I can't remember. But you might want
to do a search of the archives and see what's been said:
http://listserv.surfnet.nl/archives/trillium-l.html
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Christopher P. Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com>
> To: perennials@hort.net
> Subject: Question about bloodroot cultivar names?
> Date: Monday, April 28, 2003 10:29 PM
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm putting together some of my bloodroot photos for the
hort.net gallery,
> but I'm getting really confused about the names for these.
>
> It used to be that Sanguinaria canadensis 'Flore Pleno' was the
name
> given to the double-flowering form that looks like one of the
double
> bomb peonies.
>
> More recent literature suggests that these double-flowering
forms with
> 30+ petals should be named S. canadensis 'Multiplex' and the
forms with
> 15 petals or so should be named S. canadensis 'Plena'.
>
> Now I'm reading the RHS Plant Finder and see that they have the
following
> hierarchy:
>
> Sanguinaria canadensis
> Sanguinaria canadensis forma multiplex
> Sanguinaria canadensis forma multiplex 'Plena'
>
> Here's where I get confused.
>
> Under their scheme, 'Plena' is a cultivar of forma multiplex.
But
> under the older scheme, multiplex was the super-double form.
>
> Is RHS changing the name so that what used to be multiplex (the
form
> with lots of petals) is now 'Plena'? Otherwise it would seem
that
> they're listing a form with more petals as the naturally
appearing
> form and the 15-petalled form as a cultivar. I'm finding that
hard
> to believe, so I have to conclude that they're swapping the
accepted
> names around again.
>
> Does anyone have any references that might help straighten this
out?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
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>
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