Canna 'Yellow King Humbert'
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Canna 'Yellow King Humbert' Burbank is a medium sized Italian Group Canna
cultivar
; foliage green, but often variegated purple markings and occasionally whole leaves purple, oval shaped, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured green + purple; flower clusters are open, spotted, colours yellow with red spots, often large red markings and occasionally whole flowers red, staminodes are large; seed
is sterile, pollen
is sterile; rhizome
s are long and thin, coloured white and purple; tillering is prolific.
This is the oldest known Canna chimera
, the earliest research reference is Sonderegger Nursery Catalogue, USA, 1929. There is an early reference to Luther Burbank
being the originator.
of Canna 'Roi Humbert'
(synonym C. 'King Humbert') and was confirmed to be such by Dr Khoshoo
in his published papers. On rare occasions it has also been known to produce stems where the foliage is all dark and the flowers are all red. That is the source of Canna 'Red King Humbert', amongst others.
All main catalogue references until the early 1990s are consistent in their descriptions of an Italian Group chimera cultivar, yellow with red spots. However, after that period there was some confusion and it found itself being used as a synonym for C. 'Austria'
and its description was also confused with C. 'Roma'
.
Canna (plant)
Canna is a genus of nineteen species of flowering plants. The closest living relations to cannas are the other plant families of the order Zingiberales, that is the gingers, bananas, marantas, heliconias, strelitzias, etc.Canna is the only genus in the family Cannaceae...
cultivar
Cultivar
A cultivar'Cultivar has two meanings as explained under Formal definition. When used in reference to a taxon, the word does not apply to an individual plant but to all those plants sharing the unique characteristics that define the cultivar. is a plant or group of plants selected for desirable...
; foliage green, but often variegated purple markings and occasionally whole leaves purple, oval shaped, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured green + purple; flower clusters are open, spotted, colours yellow with red spots, often large red markings and occasionally whole flowers red, staminodes are large; seed
Seed
A seed is a small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some stored food. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants which occurs after fertilization and some growth within the mother plant...
is sterile, pollen
Pollen
Pollen is a fine to coarse powder containing the microgametophytes of seed plants, which produce the male gametes . Pollen grains have a hard coat that protects the sperm cells during the process of their movement from the stamens to the pistil of flowering plants or from the male cone to the...
is sterile; rhizome
Rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome is a characteristically horizontal stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes...
s are long and thin, coloured white and purple; tillering is prolific.
This is the oldest known Canna chimera
Chimera (plant)
Chimeras in botany are usually single organisms composed of two genetically different types of tissue. They occur in plants, on the same general basis as with animal chimeras...
, the earliest research reference is Sonderegger Nursery Catalogue, USA, 1929. There is an early reference to Luther Burbank
Luther Burbank
Luther Burbank was an American botanist, horticulturist and a pioneer in agricultural science.He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 54-year career. Burbank's varied creations included fruits, flowers, grains, grasses, and vegetables...
being the originator.
Origins
The earliest reference to this cultivar is in a US Gardening catalogue of 1929. It was reputed to be a mutationMutation
In molecular biology and genetics, mutations are changes in a genomic sequence: the DNA sequence of a cell's genome or the DNA or RNA sequence of a virus. They can be defined as sudden and spontaneous changes in the cell. Mutations are caused by radiation, viruses, transposons and mutagenic...
of Canna 'Roi Humbert'
Canna 'Roi Humbert'
Canna 'Roi Humbert is an Italian Group canna cultivar; bronze foliage, ovoid shaped, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured purple; flowers are cupped, self-coloured scarlet, staminodes are large, edges ruffled, fully self-cleaning; seed is sterile, pollen is sterile; rhizomes are thick, up to...
(synonym C. 'King Humbert') and was confirmed to be such by Dr Khoshoo
Triloki Nath Khoshoo
Triloki Nath Khoshoo was a world-renowned environment scientist and an able administrator...
in his published papers. On rare occasions it has also been known to produce stems where the foliage is all dark and the flowers are all red. That is the source of Canna 'Red King Humbert', amongst others.
All main catalogue references until the early 1990s are consistent in their descriptions of an Italian Group chimera cultivar, yellow with red spots. However, after that period there was some confusion and it found itself being used as a synonym for C. 'Austria'
Canna 'Austria'
Canna 'Austria is a medium sized Italian Group Canna cultivar with green foliage, oblong shaped, upright habit; oval stems, coloured green; flowers are cupped, self-coloured yellow, throat orange-red spots on yellow, staminodes are large; seed is sterile, pollen is low fertile; rhizomes are long...
and its description was also confused with C. 'Roma'
Canna 'Roma'
Canna Italian Group 'Roma is a tall aquatic Italian Group cultivar, equally at home as a water marginal or in the border; large green foliage, oval shaped, white margin, upright habit; round stems, coloured green & purple; flowers are open, yellow with orange blotches, throat red-orange, staminodes...
.
Synonyms
- Canna 'Anthony and Cleopatra' - name confined to Europe.
- Canna 'Cleopatra' - the name first appeared in US catalogs in the 1960s, not to be confused with C. 'Cleopatré' which is a Crozy Group cultivar from the 1890s.
- Canna 'Fusion' - name confined to eBay in USA.
- Canna 'Goldkrone' - confined to Europe.
- Canna 'Harlequin' - name appears to be confined to the USA.
- Canna 'Queen Helena' - name appears to be confined to the USA.
- Canna 'Queen of Italy' - name confined to India.
- Canna 'Spanish Emblem' - - name appears to be confined to the USA.
- Canna 'Striped Queen' - name confined to India.
- Canna 'Yellow Humbert' - first appeared in the 1990s, presumably as a shorthand for the correct name.
Catalogue References
- Allen's Nurseries, Ohio, USA. Catalog 1939
- Allen's Nurseries, Ohio, USA. Catalog 1944
- Breck's Catalogue, USA, 1945
- Burgess Seed and Plant Co, USA, Catalogue 1939
- Burgess Seed and Plant Co, USA, Catalogue 1941
- Burpee, USA, Catalog 1946
- G.W. Park Seed Co, SC, USA, Catalog 1938
- G.W. Park Seed Co, SC, USA, Catalog 1939
- Henry Field's Catalogue, USA, 1969
- Inter-State Nurseries, Hamburg, Iowa, USA. Catalogue 1939
- Inter-State Nurseries, Hamburg, Iowa, USA. Catalogue 1950
- I.W. Scott Co., Pittsburgh. PA, USA, Catalogue 1939
- Montgomery Ward, USA, Catalogue 1949
- Montgomery Ward, USA, Catalogue 1953
- Montgomery Ward, USA, Catalogue 1955
- Montgomery Ward, USA, Catalogue 1961
- Montgomery Ward, USA, Catalogue 1964
- Naughton Farms, Waxahachie, Texas, USA. Catalogue 1945
- Olds' Seeds Catalogue, USA, 1947
- Peter Henderson & Co, Catalogue, USA, 1937
- Sears Garden Book, USA, 1951
- Sonderegger Catalogue, USA, 1929
- Westover Nursery, Clayton, USA. Catalog 1939
See also
- CannaCanna (plant)Canna is a genus of nineteen species of flowering plants. The closest living relations to cannas are the other plant families of the order Zingiberales, that is the gingers, bananas, marantas, heliconias, strelitzias, etc.Canna is the only genus in the family Cannaceae...
- Canna 'Roi Humbert'Canna 'Roi Humbert'Canna 'Roi Humbert is an Italian Group canna cultivar; bronze foliage, ovoid shaped, spreading habit; oval stems, coloured purple; flowers are cupped, self-coloured scarlet, staminodes are large, edges ruffled, fully self-cleaning; seed is sterile, pollen is sterile; rhizomes are thick, up to...
- List of Canna cultivars
- List of Canna hybridists
- List of Canna species
- Canna galleryCanna (Plant) GalleryThis is a gallery of named canna cultivars, representative of the various Canna cultivar groups. Names of cultivars are regulated by the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants, are registered with an International Cultivar Registration Authority and conform to the rules of the...