Roscoea x beesiana Dark Form

Roscoea x beesiana Dark Form

	I selected this plant out of a commercial batch just because of the dark purple colour. It is the deepest of the colour forms I grow (though solid dark purple should be possible, but I have never soon one. Christopher Whitehouse and Jill Cowley say: "Base colour of flowers creamy yellow with heavy streaking of purple." When I have seen it for sale, it has always been plants selected from a group for their darkness. The colour flecking on the flowers may not be very stable.

References:

Flora of China Online, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200028432 , accessed 19.11.2024.

Cowley, Jill - The Genus Roscoea, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 2007.

Dunlop, Gary - 'The Genus Roscoea', Bulletin of the Alpine Garden Society, Vol.76, Part.2 (2008).

Whitehouse, Christopher and Jill Cowley - 'Roscoea x beesiana and its variants', The Plantsman, Vol.8, Part.2 (2009).

Wilford, Richard - 'Roscoeas for the rock garden', Bulletin of the Alpine Garden Society, Vol.67, Part.1 (1999).

Wilford, Richard - 'Roscoea on trial', The Plantsman, Vol.11, Part.2 (2012).