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Description: Grevillea banksii 'Sunset Splendour', Taken: 11 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 702 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Grevillea 'Sunset Splendour'

File Number

702

ACRA Field Book Number

680

Registration Date

16/01/2007

Application Received

10/08/1998

Family

Proteaceae

Cultivar Name

Grevillea 'Sunset Splendour'

Origin

Neilsens Native Nursery, Loganholme, QLD, from a private garden in S E Queensland. The parents are thought to be a seedling of G. 'Honey Gem' and the north Queensland form of G. pteridiifolia Note: marketed as Grevillea 'Sunset Bronze'

Characteristics

Shrub 3-4m tall, spreading to 2-3 m. Flowering is almost throughout the year. The flowers are deep burnt orange in colour. The foliage open and is grey-green in colour. Leaves are pinnately divided into c.10-18 linear lanceolate sub-opposite lobes c.2-4 mm wide, 60-110mm long; overall leaf length c.23-30 cm; upper surface dull green with a more or less sparse covering of appressed white hairs; lower surface with an indumentum of dense white appressed hairs. Flowers occur in terminal, crowded cylindrical inflorescences c.9-16 cm long; perianth c.11-12mm long, 3-4 mm wide, outer surface with an open indumentum of wavy white hairs, inner surface smooth and glabrous; limb bright yellow with similar indumentum to perianth. Pistil 33-36 mm long; ovary sessile, covered in dense white semi-appressed hairs; nectary prominent, bright yellow, with a margin of deeply incised triangular lobes; style glabrous, shortly curved above the small pollen presenter Diagnosis: The colour of the inflorescence is unique, being a distinct burnt orange.

Cultivation

Only suitable for warm climates. Drought hardiness is medium to low.

Publication

W.H. Payne, New Grevillea Cultivars, in Australian Plants, Vol 21(170), 272

Colour Coding

(RHS 1995)Style:168A (greyed orange)Stigma:7A (yellow)Perianth:mainly 168D (greyed orange) grading to 46A (red)Receptacle:194B (greyed green)Leaf upper surface:close to 139A (green)Leaf lower surface:close to 192B (greyed green)

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Neilsens Native Nursery

Uses

As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, or as a spectacular feature plant. Attracts nectar feeding birds.

Availability

Unknown

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC702; ACRA680; CBG9809040

NSL ID

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