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Neil Cornish

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This plant is sold in nurseries and department stores around Brisbane,and maybe the rest of Australia, with the label "burbidgeae x edwardsiana". Judging by what I'd guess this cross to look like and the photos on the CP photo finder it clearly isn't! Anyone hazard a guess as to what it might be? It's still an attactive plant but my only guess might be something with rafflesiana mixed in somewhere. Thanks for any replies.

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Regards Neil

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Many thanks for all your replies. I think you're on the money with x Dyeriana :thumbsup: I know we're spoilt up here in Brissy as we are lucky enough to have a few good CP nurseries nearby. If you ever need help getting your hands on anything please let me know and I'll see what I can do.

Regards Neil

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Looks a lot like an unnamed plant I have (pictured below), which I decided was probably a x dyeriana as well.

These garden centres, etc ... where do these plants get the names they end up with? Do you suppose it's a genuine mix-up somewhere along the line, or do they just pluck the names out of thin air and then they stick?

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I agree as well, that it is indeed a N. dyeriana, which is actually a bogus name; this plant was first introduced in The [Kew] Gardener's Chronicles as: "N. x Sir William Thistleton Dyer", (perhaps too short?), but everyone knows it by it's nickname.

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