The
Story of the Queens
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The story of the Queens began with the discovery by Countess Orssich of
Schlumbergera orssichiana
in the early
1970s. This species is closely allied to S. truncata
and crosses freely with it. The resulting hybrids were named S. x reginae as Countess Orssich called her first hybrids Queens.
These hybrids combine the best features of both parents, the flowering
period usually starts in October (in the northern hemisphere) and continues for
about two months.
The following list shows names that have been registered with the breeders name and date and the colour groups to which they belong (note, colours must be determined above 12°C as a change can take place below that temperature):
Colour Group 2.
(orange red with white or a paler tint on the tube, petals with orange red to
grenadine. So. abbreviation for S.
orssichiana)
‘Bristol Arancia’ (S. orssichiana x ‘Maria’, McMillan 1995.)
‘Chinook’ (S. o. x ‘Tinsel’, Kolli 1987)
‘Coho’ (same parentage)
‘Coral Cascade’ (same parentage)
‘Flamingo’ (same parentage)
‘Hatherton Sunrise’ (S. o. x ‘Weihnachtsfreude’, Horobin 1994)
‘Hatherton Surprise’ (S. x buckleyi x S. o. Horobin 1992)
‘Just Peachy’ Kolli, same parentage as above)
Colour Group 3
(cherry red)
‘Bristol Amber’ (S. o. x ‘Weihnachtsfreude’, McMillan 1991)
‘Bristol Flame’ (same parentage, 1996)
Colour Group 4 (carmine to carmine-red)
‘Bristol Rose’ (S.o. x ‘American White’, McMilIan 1990)
‘Dolfie’ (Red seedling x S.o., Kolli 1995)
‘Mac’ (‘Cherry red’ x S.o., Kolli 1995)
Colour Group 5
(rose-red with white to magenta)
‘Boo (‘Holly White’ x S.o., Kolli 1992)
‘Bristol Queen’ (S.o. x ‘Spectabile’, McMillan 1985)
‘Ceke’ (S.o. x ‘Majestic’ Kohl 1992)
‘Hatherton Delight’ (S. o. x ‘Sonja’, Horobin 1992)
‘Lady Kathryn’ (‘Lavender Doll’ x S. o., Slade)
‘Lady Linda’ (same parentage)
‘Pash’ (‘Majestic’ x S.o. Kolli 1992)
‘Pink Chocolate’ (‘Holly White’ x S.o., Kolli 1990)
Colour
Group 6 (mallow plus white on tube to
magenta)
‘Hatherton Charm’ (S.o x ‘Spectabile’, Horobin 1986)
‘Raining Violets’ (‘Cape Cod’ x S.o., Kolli 1987)
‘Ruth Day’ (S.o. x ‘Delicata’, Petersen 1993)
‘Sugarplum’ (‘Cape Cod’ x S.o. Kolli 1987)
‘Think Pink’ (‘Tinsel’ x S.o., Kolhi 1987)
This list is by no means exhaustive but is representative of breeding up to 1996. A number of Queens have also been raised in Australia.
A.J.S. McMillan
21 January 2001