Thursday 26 November 2009

Canna 'Colibri'


A medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured green; spikes of flowers are open, pale yellow with pink spots, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is average.
Introduced by Georges Truffaut, France, EU in 1966. The name is French for "Humming Bird".

3 comments:

  1. Hi Malcolm,

    I've found 'Colibri' to be synonymous with Wilhelm Pfitzer's 'Confetti'. This second name would take precedence as it is much older than the name 'Confetti'.

    Yet another example of some of the more recent introductions (post 1945) being old cannas with new names.

    Regards,

    Dale

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  2. Hi,
    Colibri is identical to Confetti!

    Raphaël

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  3. Pleased that you both agree, Confetti it is from now on!

    Malcolm

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