Monday, December 27, 2010

Varieties Of Obake Anthurium Flowers


In Japanese, the term obake means "a thing that changes" and it can also mean "ghost". Obake anthuriums could easily have obtained their name through either translation. They commonly can be found in a combination hues, so it is straightforward to observe that their coloration could be "a thing that changes." In addition, they are large flowers with a wavy surface, giving them an otherworldly or ghostly feel. Here are a few kinds of obake anthuriums.

Tropic Sunrise is a very well-liked orange obake anthurium. It's a huge flower with an orange core, encompassed by green sides, which was created by the University of Hawaii. H. Kanemoto developed it through breeding a Soga Orange Obake with an Anuenue in 1981.

Mauna Loa is a stunning white obake anthurium flower. It features a white center and a green circumference. Mauna Loa was produced via an open pollinated Tropic Ice, which means that we don't know which strain provided the pollen to create this strain. Additionally, it offers an exceptional 56 day vase life if placed in water immediately after harvest.

Other wonderful white obake kinds include Pearl, Tropic Ice and Rainbow Obake. The Rainbow Obake is particularly beautiful, due to the fact instead of possessing just two colors, it has three colors. It is white inside the middle, offers green ends and contains pink veins. Pink obake types include the Anuenue Obake, Kimi Obake and Watermelo Obake.

There are numerous red obake varieties, most possess a red core surrounded by green edges. They contain the Kalapana Obake, Charade Obake, Madame Pele and also the Oshiro Red Obake. The Kalapana is named after a place in Hawaii that was recognized for having a wonderful black sand beach that was covered by a lava flow from Kilauea Volcano, which based on Hawaiian stories is the home of volcano goddess Pele, whom the Madame Pele Obake is named after.

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