Great Wide Yellow

Description

Lisa Mannion of New Zealand has concentrated on line breeding to produce yellows that have extra broad leaves. The original seeds used were obtained from Keith Hammett and were of Solomone origin. These have a tendency to be wider-leaved than usual. She selected out the widest leaves from the original seedlings and has continued to cross these to develop a line of plants. She considers it important to not only have wide leaves but also have a good form. which has been a further selection criterion – wide leaves, short in length with a good flower that she calls ‘The Great Wide Yellow’ (GWY).The name came in the form of a letter written by a collector of Clivia and advertising man Garry Murphie of Sydney, Australia, who wrote to her “in pursuit of The Great Wide Yellow”. He had heard that broad-leaf yellows were her specialty and wanted to buy seed. She loved the name and with his permission has labelled and marketed these plants. She has her broad leaf yellows defined into GWY ‘Silver’ and GWY ‘Gold’, with only a very few warranting the title ‘Platinum’ Published in Clivia 10 (2008) pp. 92-94.

Photographs

• Lisa Mannion with Great Wide Yellow