Rainbow Ribbon
Colors
Red
Description
Rainbow Ribbon features very large, beautifully shaped, patterned and colored flowers similar to Puu Kahea but with broader, more rounded petals. Nicely sweet scent. Also includes Rainbow Ruffle Hawaii with sweet fragrance, 2-2.5 inches, fair keeping quality, and Rainbow Spider similar to Pu'u Kahea with 5-inch widely separated narrow petals that appear to 'crouch' like a spider. Strong rainbow color and good floral scent.
Appearance
Very large, beautifully shaped and patterned, similar to Puu Kahea but broader rounder petals.
Bloom
Very large flowers.
Fragrance
Nicely sweet scent.
Provenance
Similar to Puu Kahea.
Also Known As
Red Silk Ribbon. (may be a HI and a Thai version) HI somewhat curly-petaledaka3-3.5" striped multi-colored rainbow of a dazzling colorationaka
Details
Species
P. rubra
Sets Seed
No
Size (in)
3-3.5
Anecdotal Notes
Diana
The scent is nicely sweet. Very large, beautifully shaped, patterned and colored flowers, similar to Puu Kahea but with broader petal/ more rounded flowers. Rainbow Ruffle Hawaii sweet fragrance, 2"-2.5", and a fair keeping quality.
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Size3-3.5"
Colors1
Aliases2
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