CHR 594656 A – Phormium cookianum 'Wharariki'
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 594656 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
16 February 2007
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Phormium cookianum 'Wharariki'
Determiner:
Sue Scheele
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Phormium cookianum 'Wharariki'
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Hemerocallidaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Lincoln, Landcare Research
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.640337 172.477044
Verbatim locality:
Landcare Research Experimental Gardens, Lincoln
Verbatim collector:
Lara Nicholson
Standardised collector:
L. Nicholson
Verbatim date:
15/5/03
Start date:
2003-05-15
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Lincoln cultivar ex Rene Orchiston Collection, Hexton, Gisborne. Orchiston ID No.41.Source: Tairawhiti (East Coast).Description: A tall cultivar of Phormium cookianum. Slightly bendy, soft, medium green blades. Hardly any colour on the margins and keel (greenish-white). Flowers orange/red with inner tepals green, giving a striped effect. Slender, inclined scapes. Seed pods very long, >120 mm, narrow, twisting, becoming papery with age. Uses: Used for soft baskets, rourou, toys. Good for beginners as it is very soft to work with. A fine kete made from this had the appearance of soft kiekie. The strips had not been boiled but just dragged quickly through boiling water.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheet A to C
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