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June 12, 2005 : ×Halimiocistus wintonensis 'Merrist Wood Cream'
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Keywords: Cistaceae | ×Halimiocistus wintonensis 'Merrist Wood Cream' | 31881-0573-1993
It doesn't have the longest plant name in UBC Botanical Garden, but it comes close. As you can guess from its cultivar name, Merrist Wood Cream rockrose is the yellowish flower with red markings. The purple flowers are a type of Spanish lavender, Lavandula stoechas subsp. pedunculata, I think.
Why the × in front of Halimiocistus? It's there to denote that this is a hybrid between two genera (an intergeneric hybrid), Halimium and Cistus. Typically, hybrids are between two species of the same genus (an interspecific hybrid), and in those cases, the × symbol to denote a hybrid is placed between the generic name and the epithet, like so: Rosa × odorata.
The Cistus and Halimium web site goes into some detail about this rockrose, as does Paghat.
In Botany Photo of the Day news, I was kindly emailed by Sharyl to inform me that Botany Photo of the Day was the Yahoo! Pick of the Day for June 10, solving the mystery about all the web site traffic from Yahoo!. Fred (thanks, Fred) also emailed me to let me know that Botany Photo of the Day was added to the front page of Refdesk in the “Daily Pictures” section, nestled among daily photos from organizations that are anywhere from five to a thousand times larger than UBC Botanical Garden. Humble thanks to both of those sites, and I hope we at the garden can continue to live up to those standards.
I know this is getting long, but I do want to reiterate for new readers that Botany Photo of the Day owes much credit to two people: Tim Bray, who seeded the idea in a technology lunch we had at the garden; and Dr. Quentin Cronk, the garden's director, who has fostered a garden that allows seeds of ideas to grow.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at June 12, 2005 12:00 AM
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Posted by: mbtoy at June 12, 2005 10:34 AM
very beautiful @mind Relaxing photographs
Posted by: surya at June 12, 2005 6:45 PM
mbtoy - if you (or someone else) could send me via email the incorrect spelling of what was mentioned in the Hardy Plant Group newsletter, I might be able to set something up on the web server that immediately forwards the person to the right place so that readers of the newsletter don't get frustrated. And thanks both for your comments.
Posted by: Daniel Mosquin 
at June 13, 2005 12:25 AM
It`s so beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: shadae at June 14, 2005 12:20 PM
I just began seeing your photos and enjoy them very much. We have a 20 acre nursery in Kent, Washington and am always on the lookout for new plants and trees. Do you also have info as to zone hardiness on these plants? Actually I could probably just look it up myself!
Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Terry at June 14, 2005 12:55 PM
What a magnificent plant...can it be purchased and grown in the New York area???
Posted by: linda at June 14, 2005 1:06 PM
Perfect shot....the background lavander gives life to the color of the center flower
Posted by: Grace at June 14, 2005 10:59 PM
this is cool
Posted by: taria06 at June 15, 2005 6:54 AM
This image took my breath away when I viewed it. This image is suberb breath taking image
Posted by: parthenia at June 15, 2005 7:20 AM
Linda, I'm afraid not. I associate them with Mediterranean climates, and true to form, it seems like they can't take much frost. They've survived to -12°C (10.4°F) at UBC, but from what I've read, they cannot live beyond 0°F
Posted by: Daniel Mosquin at June 15, 2005 9:27 PM
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just picked up on this by way of the (incorrectly spelled)mention of the Botany Photo of the Day in my Hardy Plant Group newsletter . . . I'm delighted to have it happening . . .and I like the surrounding information even though a picture speaks a thousand words.