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A pretty little form with pale pinkish flowers. Tallish rather stringy growth. Also known as 'Taiwan Adbane', it is said to have originated in Japan
and seems to have been distributed by Broadleigh Gardens from 1992. Tricyrtis cultivars are monsterously confused. In 2002 Viv Marsh Postal Plants said: "A more open flower, with narrower petals of white, dappled with blue" A description from Tropical Britain says: "Tricyrtis formosana 'Adbane' - sometimes referred to as Tricyrtis formosana 'Taiwan Adbane' - is an exceptional cultivar of Tricyrtis formosana with exquisite speckled lilac flowers that typically have a tinge of blue at the end of the tepals. The throat is a pale yellow. The female parts are impressive and eye-catching with a style that is large and also speckled and the ornate stigmatic lobes are a beautiful contrasting ochrous-red and are split at the ends." In an article in 'Pacific Horticulture', Dan Heims says: "Tricyrtis ‘Adbane’ produces dark green foliage with purple tinting on two-foot stems. The mauve blue flowers have white centers." It is unfortunately the case with toad lilies that if you look hard enough online you will find a description of any cultivar to suit your preconceptions. However, I take 'Adbane' to show reduced spotting on the flowers, resticted to the base of the tepals, and a tendancy to blue colour mixed in with the rose-purple tips. |
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| 8th July 2005 | ||
