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A new cultivar. I bought it from Wildside Nursery. The label says: "Large white flowers in early summer. Best in a cool spot in part shade. 40cm. A recent introduction." In the show report online for the 2017 AGS show in Bakewell, Dave Mountfort says: "Bred by Gary Dunlop in Northern Ireland, Roscoea ‘Ice Maiden’ combines the taller stature of R. cautleyoides with the more shapely flowers of R. humeana, which in this case were whitish with a faint tinge of yellow. The specimen on show, with six noses from a single crown, was ready for splitting, which exhibitor Robert Rolfe intends to carry out at the end of the two or three week flowering period. It is grown in a mix of John Innes no. 2, sharp sand, grit and perlite, requiring plenty of water while in growth. The dormant tubers are vulnerable if a hard frost causes the contents of the pot to freeze through; plunging the pot for much of its depth in sand guards against this. This hybrid is fertile, setting seed in quantity seed which germinates easily, though seedlings raised have yet to flower." |
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