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Wandeixueqing

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Cultivar
Wandeixueqing
Originator
Yanlong Zhang, Zuolei Qi, Lixin Niu
Group
Suffruticosa
Date
2023
Country
China

Parentage unknown. First bloom date unknown, first propagated 2022. Late-season blooming DOUBLE flowers are white (RHS NN155D), 16cm (6.3″) in diameter, upward facing, and average one per stem. Guard petals are flat, notched, and are typically 7cm (2.75″) in width. Fragrance noted. Flowers possess on average five moderately hairy, green (142D) carpels with yellow (2D) stigmas of normal anatomy. Stamens are entirely transformed to petalodes, spatulate in shape, and identical in color to outer petallage. Sheath is partial, and yellow in color (2D). No fertility noted. Plants reach 203cm (80″) at maturity, and carry broadly-cut, green foliage. Growth habit is upright; mechanical support is unnecessary. “I have generals with ten thousand stacks of green, in exchange for the half-window green of Rangan.” Flowers of snowy green color, richly layered like snowy mountains.

Reference: 2023-DIR:XX