Types Of Anthuriums Produced By The University Of Hawaii, Part Two
This is the second article in my compilation of articles on anthurium species created by the University of Hawaii.
The UH posseses an agriculture program that's been one of the leaders in creating brand new anthurium cultivars during the last couple of decades. This program has been at the leading edge of developing anthurium flowers which are: far more immune to disease, better yielding, far more colorful and able to last longer after being harvested. With this sequence of posts, I am going to highlight the results of their work.
The Le'ahi is a pink and green obake anthurium that's named after the Hawaiian word for Diamond Head, the renowned volcanic hill that is a prominent Oahu landmark. The Le'ahi's retains its wonderful pigmentation year-round and generates almost eight flowers annually. Unfortunately, it is sensitive to blight, so it is a somewhat harder type to raise.
The Le'ahi was developed by combining an offspring of orange-colored UH931 and a pink-colored Blushing Bride. It is a variety that will work well as a cut flower and as a potted plant. However as a cut flower, several state it possesses a stem which is a little too small. But its extraordinarily gorgeous color pattern, helps to counterbalance its short stems.
The New Era is really a purplish-pink blossom that received its name from being the very first blight tolerant anthurium. It's bringing in a new era of blight resistant anthuriums. It possesses a slightly elongated spathe and a yellow-green spadix which becomes white as it ages.
The New Era is a product of mixing 3 distinct cultivars. An A494 Anthurium andraeanum was crossed with an A. antioquiense, and the result of this mix was once more bred with a pink UH507 to create this attractive bloom. It provides a long stem and it is tolerant to both bacterial blight and anthracnose. It was first released to cooperating farmers back in '04 and it yields roughly 6 blooms annually. In addition, it has an exceptional vase life of forty-four days.
The UH posseses an agriculture program that's been one of the leaders in creating brand new anthurium cultivars during the last couple of decades. This program has been at the leading edge of developing anthurium flowers which are: far more immune to disease, better yielding, far more colorful and able to last longer after being harvested. With this sequence of posts, I am going to highlight the results of their work.
The Le'ahi is a pink and green obake anthurium that's named after the Hawaiian word for Diamond Head, the renowned volcanic hill that is a prominent Oahu landmark. The Le'ahi's retains its wonderful pigmentation year-round and generates almost eight flowers annually. Unfortunately, it is sensitive to blight, so it is a somewhat harder type to raise.
The Le'ahi was developed by combining an offspring of orange-colored UH931 and a pink-colored Blushing Bride. It is a variety that will work well as a cut flower and as a potted plant. However as a cut flower, several state it possesses a stem which is a little too small. But its extraordinarily gorgeous color pattern, helps to counterbalance its short stems.
The New Era is really a purplish-pink blossom that received its name from being the very first blight tolerant anthurium. It's bringing in a new era of blight resistant anthuriums. It possesses a slightly elongated spathe and a yellow-green spadix which becomes white as it ages.
The New Era is a product of mixing 3 distinct cultivars. An A494 Anthurium andraeanum was crossed with an A. antioquiense, and the result of this mix was once more bred with a pink UH507 to create this attractive bloom. It provides a long stem and it is tolerant to both bacterial blight and anthracnose. It was first released to cooperating farmers back in '04 and it yields roughly 6 blooms annually. In addition, it has an exceptional vase life of forty-four days.