Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.640337 172.477044
Verbatim locality:
Landcare Research Experimental Gardens, Lincoln
Verbatim collector:
Sue Scheele
Standardised collector:
Sue Scheele
Verbatim date:
3/12/01
Start date:
2001-12-03
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.