Helicopter
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Helicopter is the most distinctive introduction I have this year, and really excites me. Several people are working on small spideries and UFOs, and I got one by accident! My actual goal was hanging flowers, but what I got was a small MELON spatulate. Three breakthoughs at once: small size, narrow spatulate form, and melon color that will let me move to clean whites, pinks, reds and purples. | Helicopter is the most distinctive introduction I have this year, and really excites me. Several people are working on small spideries and UFOs, and I got one by accident! My actual goal was hanging flowers, but what I got was a small MELON spatulate. Three breakthoughs at once: small size, narrow spatulate form, and melon color that will let me move to clean whites, pinks, reds and purples. | ||
| − | In plant habit, Helicopter resembles [[Nutmeg Elf]] | + | In plant habit, Helicopter resembles [[Nutmeg Elf]] (McCabe 1978), an Award Of Merit winner. A forest of slender, well branched scapes floats numerous flowers well above the foliage and well separated from each other. |
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| + | [[File:Nutmeg Elf.jpg|600px]] | ||
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| + | [[File:Helicopter-2.jpg|600px]] | ||
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