‘Versicolor’
Name:
‘Versicolor’
Seed parent:
Pollen parent:
Flower size:
unknown
Flower colour:
unknown
Type:
Year registered:
1846
Links:
In 1839, the Mr. Van Geersdale distinguished horticulturist fertilised the flowers of an azalea indica, var. speciosa, with the pollen of an azalea indica, var. variegata.
 Image credit: Van Houtte |  |  |
Hereditary Tree
| ‘Versicolor’ | |||||||||||||||
| ‘Speciosum’ | ‘Variegata’ | ||||||||||||||
| R. indicum | ‘Phoeniceum’ | ‘Lateritia’ | |||||||||||||
| R. scabrum | R. mucronatum | R. indicum | |||||||||||||
| R. ripense | R. macrosepalum | ||||||||||||||
Sports:
‘Comte Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem’, sport of ‘Versicolor’
Offspring:
‘Vervaeneana’, cross: ‘Königin der Weissen’ x ‘Versicolor’
‘Pharailde Mathilde’, cross: ‘Königin der Weissen’ x ‘Versicolor’