Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Doryanthes palmeri W.Hill ex Bull
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Gisborne Land District, Eastwoodhill Arboretum, M4, Burma Track, above Cabin
Field Collection Date
09 Nov 2006
Field Collection Notes
plant with tall basal sword-shaped lvs up to 2.4m long, rigid with edges curved under, mid-green glossy, darker green upper. Scape arching, 3.6m long, flower head 1.35m covered in bracts. Flower head made up of clusters of 9 flowers within a bract, close together. Flower - 6 fleshy rigid petals, intense pinky-red outside, inner white with pink blush at top. Sweetly scented.
Growing in small clearing, sheltered, surrounded by tall trees.
Spear lily.
Ex Eastwoodhill Arboretum, "EWH" 1387, received Sept 2018
Specimen over five sheets, A-E
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-38.56172, 177.71553 (± 50 m)
177.71553, 177.71553 (± 50 m)
Last Update
23 Oct 2019
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