Bua Chompoo
Colors
PinkRedOrangeYellowWhite
Description
A Thai cultivar producing large flower clusters with strongly overlapping, broad obovate petals of light substance. Intense, sweet fragrance with hint of coconut. Dark olive green foliage with red line along margin. Related Bubble Gum cultivar features very light rainbow with sweet lily fragrance. 3.5-4 inch ranging from light pink on right side fading to pale yellow then white on left. Each color deepens toward yellow with slight veining toward throat. Reverse is dark pink fading to mild pink in center meeting pale white on other half. Light pink flowers in large pendulous clusters, highly perfumed smelling of bubblegum.
Appearance
Large clusters. Strongly overlapping, broad obovate petals of light substance. Dark olive green foliage with red margin line.
Bloom
Large clusters. Light pink (Bubble Gum). 3.5-4 inch rangingfrom light pink to pale yellow to white.
Fragrance
Intense, sweet with coconut hint. Sweet lily fragrance (Bubble Gum). Smells like bubblegum. Highly perfumed.
Growth & Foliage
Dark olive green foliage with red margin.
Provenance
Thai origin (Bua Chompoo). Related Bubble Gum cultivar.
Also Known As
Pink Lotus. (boo-a chom-poo) 2.5” white with pink hues and yellow throat with orange eyeaka
Details
Species
P. rubra
Sets Seed
No
Size (in)
2.5
Fragrance Strength
sweet lily, highly perfumed
Anecdotal Notes
Diana
Petals: strongly overlapping, broad obovate and of light substance. Fragrance: intense, sweet with a hint of coconut. Leaves: dark olive green with red line along margin. Large flower-clusters. Bubble gum very light rainbow with a sweet lily fragrance. 3.5" - 4" ranges from a light pink on its right side fading to a pale yellow then to white on its left side. Each color deepens towards yellow, slightly veined throat. The reverse side is a dark pink fading to a mild pink in the center that meets with pale white on the other half. Light pink flowers in large pendulous clusters, highly perfumed smells of bubblegum.
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Size2.5"
Fragrancesweet lily, highly perfumed
Colors5
Aliases1
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