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
‘Lurline’
Flower purplish-red tip and outer margin, with bright yellow-red inner margin; yellowish-red to red mid-petal with orange throat; red to purplish-red reverse side outer band, merging with light reddish-yellow inner band Petal long, wide, elliptical, moderately overlapping, round tip; reflexed; 3⁄4-inch corolla tube; medium to thick texture Size three-and-one-half to four inches in diameter Scent spicy fragrance Stalk heavily budded, sturdy peduncle with 1-inch pedicels; greenish-red, hairy, upright, tight flower clusters Keeping quality very good Leaves medium green; venation not prominent Leaf Shape tips acuminate Leaf Size blade 14–15 inches long by 4–41⁄4 inches wide, with 3-inch petiole Plant habit upright, open branching Bearing habit March-April through November, heavy flower production Parentage open-pollinated seedling of ‘Gold’; sibling to ‘Kimo’ Remarks Named in honor of and with the permission of Mrs. Lurline Matson Roth, and released to Hawaii Association of Nurserymen by CTAHR in 1973.
From the publication:
Plumeria in Hawaii
By Richard A. Criley
Department of Plant and Soil ...Read More