Verticordia monadelpha var. callitricha

[DaveO]

Oldfield, D. 2018. Verticordia monadelpha var. callitricha (Meisn.) A.S. George (Myrtaceae) Flowers photographed in visible and ultraviolet light. http://www.ultraviol...ar-callitricha/

 

Maldon, Victoria, Australia

17 December 2017

Australian Native Wildflower as Garden Specimen

 

Synonym

Verticordia callitricha Meisn.

 

Comment

Verticordia monadelpha var. callitricha was first gathered from an unspecified location in south-western Western Australia during 1850 – 51 by James Drummond. The species name is from the Greek monos (alone) and adelphos (brother, by analogy to the stamens as the male organs of the flower) while the varietal name is from the Greek callos (beauty) and thrix (hair, in reference to the intricately divided sepals). It has been successfully grafted onto Darwinia citriodora rootstock.

 

Visible Light: Nikon D750 Full Spectrum Modification, Nikon Rayfact PF10545 MF-UV 105 mm f/4.5 lens, Metz 15 MS-1 flash, 1/200 s @ f/16 ISO 200, Baader UV/IR Cut Filter.

Image Reference: DO65069

 

Ultraviolet Light: Nikon D750 Full Spectrum Modification, Nikon Rayfact PF10545 MF-UV 105 mm f/4.5 lens, Nissin Di866 Mark II flash, 1/200s @ f/16 ISO 200, Baader UV-Pass Filter.

Image Reference: DO65071

 

Ultraviolet Induced Visible Fluorescence: Nikon D750 Full Spectrum Modification, Nikon Rayfact PF10545 MF-UV 105 mm f/4.5 lens with Baader UV/IR Cut Filter, Nichia NCSU033A UV-LED with Baader UV-Pass Filter, 10.0 s @ f/16 ISO 1600.

Image Reference: DO65072

 

Reference:

George (Berndt), E.A. and Pieroni, M. Verticordia, the turner of hearts, University of Western Australia Press, 2002, p. 292

 

Published 28 January 2018

[Andrea B.]

Another very feathery Featherflower! I was just reading in Wikipedia about the interesting grafting trick which enables growing certain Verticordia outside their normal range.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verticordia

[DaveO]

Ordinary mortals don't do grafting very well and keep all their fingers