Rhodohypoxis baurii 'Fred Broome'

Rhodohypoxis baurii 'Fred Broome'

Archive entry 22.05.16

	A fast growing deep pink flowered form that will cover itself entirely in flowers. Raised by Susan Garnett-Botfield and named after her gardener at Beamish, Albrighton. Writing in the Journal of the RHS in 1996, Allan Robinson says: "Pink-flowered plants are similarly confused. 'Fred Broome' is a cultivar that is often wrongly offered; it should be a good-sized mid-pink." In their 2015 catalogue, Tale Valley Nursery say: "The original description of this plant describes it as deep cyclamen pink in colour. The form encountered at present in cultivation has mid 'icing sugar' pink flowers which fade as they mature. It is however a strong grower and "bulks up" well."
4th May 2006


6th June 2006	12th May 2007	7th May 2011


18th July 2014	15th May 2015	6th June 2016
I had some uncertainty about this plant. I got it from a garden centre a few years ago, because I liked the look of it, but it has slowly dawned on me that it is too red, and I finally had to admit that it is wrongly named.


18th May 2008	7th June 2018	26th May 2019
I bought this one from a reliable source and it is quite different, and before long it will fill the pot enough to match the flower power of the imposter.

References:

Clarke, Keith - 'Rhodohypoxis Reflections', Journal of the Alpine Garden Society, Vol.62, No.1 (1994).

Mathew, Brian - 'Rhodohypoxis', The Plantsman, Vol.6 Part.1 (1984).

Robinson, Allan - 'Rhodohypoxis', JRHS, Vol.121 Part.6 (1996).

Birchall, Chris and Lorraine - 'Rhodohypoxis', Journal of the Alpine Garden Society, Vol.76 No.3 (2008).

Benham, Stephen - 'South African Endemics', Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol.109 Part.9 (1984).

Report of the RHS Trail of Rhodohypoxis, 1988 .