Flobragbi

Strawflower / Paper Daisy

Variety Description

Variety used for comparison: 'Golden Beauty'

Summary: 'Flobragbi' has a higher plant density and produces more flowers per plant than 'Golden Beauty'. 'Flobragbi' has darker leaf colour and stronger undulation of the leaf margin than 'Golden Beauty'. 'Flobragbi' has a shorter peduncle length and slightly different flower bud colour than 'Golden Beauty'.

Description:

'Flobragbi' has an erect to ascending, very dense growth habit. The stem has very sparse pubescence. The leaves are short in length and very narrow to narrow in width. The length to width ratio of the leaf is large. The leaves are widest at the middle and have an acute apex. The main colour of the upper side of the leaf blade is dark green. The leaf blade has dense pubescence on the upper and lower side and the leaf margin has weak undulation.

'Flobragbi' flowers mid season and produces a high number of flowers per plant. The bud has a pointed apex and the peduncle is long in length. The flowers are positioned high above the foliage and are small to medium in diameter. In lateral view the flower head is convex on the lower part and concave on the upper part. The flower head has a medium number of bracts. The involucre and bracts have one colour. The pappus is yellow in colour and the bract has medium to strong recurvature.

Origin & Breeding History: 'Flobragbi' originated from a cross between a proprietary selection and an unidentified Bracteantha selection, made during September 1997 at Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia. The new variety was selected as a flowering plant within the progeny of this cross in December 1998, based on growth habit and flower characteristics. Asexual reproduction by vegetative tip cuttings was first conducted in December 1998 at Redland Bay, Australia.

Tests & Trials: 'Flobragbi' was tested in a greenhouse during the summer of 2004, in St. Thomas, Ontario. Trials included 15 plants of the candidate and reference varieties. Rooted cuttings were planted into 11cm pots in week 18. Observations and measurements were taken from 10 plants of each variety on July 6, 2004. All colour measurements were made using the 2001 RHS Colour Chart.

Comparison tables for 'Flobragbi' with reference variety 'Golden Beauty'

Peduncle length (cm)

Colour of bud (RHS)

Colour of bract (RHS)