CHR 594690 B – Phormium tenax 'Taeore'
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 594690 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
06 February 2008
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Phormium tenax 'Taeore', 'Taiore'
Determiner:
Sue Scheele
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Phormium tenax 'Taeore'
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:
Sue Scheele
Standardised collector:
Sue Scheele
Verbatim date:
18/12/01
Start date:
2001-12-18
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Lincoln cultivar ex Rene Orchiston Collection, Hexton, Gisborne. Orchiston ID No. 15.Source: Opunake, Maniapoto.Description: A fine variety. Tall, bendy, pale blue-green leaves, powdery blue on reverse. Similar to Kōhunga but finer and slightly more droopy. Black margins and keel. Scapes very tall, light. Pale orange flowers. Seed pods narrow, medium length. Uses: Easily stripped into long strands of strong, silky white fibre using haro method (stripping with shell). Fibre used for aho in high quality cloaks. For kete, flax dries to a pale fawn when boiled and a deeper colour when unboiled. Fibre in muka kete dries to a soft cream colour. Strips prepared for kete and whāriki will not shrink after being woven, if boiled or dragged through boiling water before weaving. The stalks and seed pods have provided Rene with a fine range of apricot toned dyes for her handspun wool.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C
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