** THE HYBRID EPIPHYLLUM **
*** WITH DOUBLE FLOWERS ***
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CHAPTER 5 (page 8)
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What is the identity of Rémy's hybrid Epiphyllum?
Rémy's Epiphyllum
Photo and collection: Rémy Wuarin.
Rémy's hybrid Epiphyllum has a flower having resemblances, with the hybrids of C. Knebel as well as with 'Ruby Snowflake' for example (by its color in particular).
If we consider the dating given to Rémy by Mrs. R. who had seen the plant in flowers in Turin (Italia) during the Second World War, as accurate, Rémy's Epiphyllum is inevitably 'Heureka' or 'Flore Pleno' or in any case a hybrid Epiphyllum coming from C. Knebel.
If, on the other hand, we consider this dating as possibly inaccurate (It is based on oral testimonies.), Rémy's Epiphyllum can also be 'Ruby Snowflake' or one of the hybrids of W. Cocke's 50th crossbreeding.
But this would suppose an enormous margin of error in the dating, error which seems also improbable.
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In any case, it appears obvious that the origin of nearly all Epiphyllum with double flowers existing to date originates in the two hybrids 92 and 93 ('Heureka' and 'Flore Pleno') obtained by Curt Knebel in 1932.
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•Bibliographical and iconographic sources
1- “Phyllocactus by Curt Knebel”, translation in English published in 1949 by Abbey Garden Press.
2- Register of the ESA
3- Articles by Eckhard Meier on the website: “Cactus Andaluz”
3- Private correspondence with Eckhard Meier.
4- Private correspondence with Rémy Wuarin.
5- Private correspondence with Etienne Haugedé.
6- Private correspondence with Heinz Peter Mohrdieck,
Grower of epiphytic cacti.
http://www.seester-epikakteen-und-mehr.de/
7- Private correspondence with Thierry Le Gallo.
8- Private correspondence with Thierry Lefort.
Photos: Geneva Coats, Thierry Lefort, Thierry Le Gallo, Etienne Haugedé, Heinz Peter Mohrdieck, Paul Richter, Rémy Wuarin, and myself.
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