Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘ОРИОН’ or Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘ORION’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Described by Federal”nyj Naučnyj Centr Ovoŝevodstva (2004). Because it is a legal protection registration, the name is established (Brickell et al., 2016, Arts. 27.5). The name can be written as ‘ОРИОН’ in the original Cyrillic script, or transliterated to ‘ORION’ in Latin script. |
| Origins | Bred in Moscow, Russia, by Federal”nyj Naučnyj Centr Ovoŝevodstva (2004). |
| Classification | Like other hardy garden hybrids, it is now placed in the Andersoniana Group. These hybrids are sometimes mislabelled as Tradescantia virginiana or the invalid botanical hybrid Tradescantia × andersoniana. |
| Legal protection | Protected by plant breeder’s rights in Russia (Federal”nyj Naučnyj Centr Ovoŝevodstva, 2004). |
| Availability | Rare in cultivation, but may be available in Russia. |
Description
Described by Federal”nyj Naučnyj Centr Ovoŝevodstva (2004).
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
| Growth habit | Medium-compact shape. 60-70cm high. |
| Foliage | Spring shoots are green very weak red or purple stripes. Leaves are 24-27cm long, dark green, and slightly hairy. |
| Flowers | 4cm across. Petals are dark blue, anthers are yellow. |
References
Federal”nyj Naučnyj Centr Ovoŝevodstva. (2004). Традесканция: ОРИОН [Tradescantia: ОРИОН] [Russia plant breeder’s rights registration 41553]. Gosudarstvennyj Reestr Selekcionnyh Dostiženij [State Register of Selection Achievements]. Registration document link.
Brickell, C. D., Alexander, C., Cubey, J. J., David, J. C., Hoffman, M. H. A., Leslie, A. C., Malécot, V., Jin, X. (2016). International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. PDF link.