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First flower of Primula geranifolia from seed collected by J. Jurasek in Yunnanat 4000 m.
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Quote from: ruweiss on April 22, 2011, 09:44:01 PMFirst flower of Primula geranifolia from seed collected by J. Jurasek in Yunnanat 4000 m.Very nice Rudi. I assume it likes a rich, moist place that doesn't dry out?
(Attachment Link) This is 'Jill' as I have it. Wanda-like except for the colour. I'll try for closer pictures in the spring. It seems a little redder in Mansfield but colour printing back in 1942 was perhaps less accurate than nowadays. I especially like 'Jill' for her different colour and because planted with both 'Wanda' and vulg. 'Sibthorpii' the three as they meet and mingle make a beautifully coloured patchwork quilt.
It was available in NZ for some years as Primula x Wockii or 'Wockii' but I can't find that such a name exists at all. Then some bright spark decided it must be P. rockii because it is yellow/orange but rockii is section Bullatae and this is definitely Vernales. The flowers and leaves are both crinkly, the flowers almost yellow at the edges while the ground colour is a solid and quite harsh orange. Such a distinctive plant surely must have a name of some sort. Never had seed on it but it has been used as a pollen parent I think with yellow polyanthus to make some nice plants.