By Richard A. Criley
Department of Plant and Soil ...Read MoreSciences
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
University of Hawaii at Manoa
January, 2005
Daisy Wilcox
Flower opens light pink, quickly fading to white with strong yellow throat; tip of petal light pink; light pink band on back of petal Petal obovate with broad, rounded tip, slightly irregular overlapping, heavy texture Size four-and-a-half inches in diameter Scent spicy Stalk reddish, smooth with small pedicels, upright, tight flower clusters Keeping quality good Leaves medium green Shape oblanceolate with acute tips Size four-and-a-half inches wide and 16–18 inches long Plant habit somewhat lanky but upright Bearing habit April to October, moderate flower production Parentage P. rubra f. acuminata Remarks More desirable as a decorative flower used singly or in clusters than as a lei flower because of its size. Not a particularly good landscape specimen.
From the publication:
Plumeria in Hawaii
By Richard A. Criley
Department of Plant and Soil ...Read More