Sheila Burrow of Australia just tagged me on an article about a new hybrid kangaroo paw (Anigozanthos) developed by the botanists at Kings Park in Perth, Australia. A number of years ago I posted about the black kangaroo paw (Macropidia fuliginosa) because the “hairs” on its flowers are a true black, not dark purple or dark red or dark blue, and it is so striking. I have also posted about the very few flowers that lie in the cyan (teal) part of the spectrum, not only because they are so rare, but also because we tend to elide completely over that part of the spectrum, even though all our color printers require a cyan cartridge to print in full color, and it is not blue. Also, two of the species with flowers of that color are two fairly well known geophytes, from the Cape region of South Africa, that you can’t take your eyes off of when they are in full bloom: Lachenalia viridiflora and Ixia viridiflora. Well, even though it is a hybrid, the Kings Park botanists have serendipitously bred a teal kangaroo paw, and it’s gorgeous (IMO). You can read about it here <https://bgpa.wa.gov.au/about-us/information/…>, and I found a striking image of it at <https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/…> which might or might not be owned by Facebook. If you have a Facebook account, you can see and read about it at <https://facebook.com/abcperth/posts/…>. --Lee Poulsen Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a Latitude 34°N, Altitude 1150 ft/350 m _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
