Cultivars of hybrid origin

CARNIVAL This is a registered trademark used for a series of 3 Proteaflora cultivars: 'Copper', 'Dawn' and 'Sunshine'.

MARDI GRAS is a registered trademark used for the 2 cultivars, 'Veldfire' and 'Baby Flowers'.

Leucospermum 'Calypso'

L. cordifolium _ l. glabrum. Flower clusters orange-red with yellow styles; early to mid-summer. Raised by Proteaflora, Australia, and int. 1988.

Leucospermum 'Firewheel'

L. cordifolium × L. tottum. Flower heads pinkish red, produced in early summer. Raised by Proteaflora and int. 1980. Syn. 'Caroline'.

Leucospermum 'Scarlet Ribbon'

L. glabrum × L. tottum. Flower cluster multi-coloured, salmon pink with purplish red striping, 9.5-11 cm wide; Sept-Oct. Originated at the Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Institute, s Africa, in 1974, selected in 1980, int. in 1984. Syn. 'Bluebeard'.

Leucospermum 'Tango'

L. glabrum 'Helderfontein' × L. lineare 'Diadem'. Flower cluster deep orangered, 10-11 cm wide; Sept-Oct. Originated at the Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Institute, S Africa, in 1979, selected in 1984, int. c.1993.

Leucospermum 'Veldfire'

L. conocarpodendron × L. glabrum. Flower cluster yellow with orange perianth ribbons. Originated and named in s Africa by H. Wood and int. by M. Jackson in 1979.

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Proteanae
order      Proteales
family       Proteaceae
genus        Leucospermum R.Br.