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Remarks : coloured plate in Paxton’s magazine for 1844, in 1841 Thomson’s ‘Formosa elegans’ was crossed with F. corymbiflora. The progeny were the selfed, which resulted ina much larger bloom. In all 3 cultivars were sent out : ‘Colossus’, ‘President’ and ‘Attractor’