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ALCANTAREA ‘Bobby Gold’ Dunstan B / Tristram P* 2006

Mature, open blooming rosette to over 1 metre diameter. Vegetative variegated sport developed on a conventional offset (not adventitious pup) after flowering of Alc. Bobby Powell. Median (central) variegation of broad yellow stripes and green margins, which mostly reproduces true on conventional offsets, less so on adventitious pups. Upright branched inflorescence to 2 metres tall, typical of Alc. extensa. Reg. Doc. 5/2012 by Peter Tristram
Country of origin: Queensland Australia

BSI Journal, Nov-Dec. 2011, pp.252--261. \"Big, Bold & Beautiful--Variegated Alcantareas\".