红花蜡梅新品种‘鸿运’的选育

Breeding of a New Red Flower Wintersweet Cultivar Chimonanthus praecox ‘Hongyun’

‘鸿运’蜡梅系实生选育出的首个红花蜡梅新品种,中被片大多数为紫红色,极个别红黄色,内被片紫红色,花喇叭形,花径中等,香味浓,属晚花品种,具有极高的观赏价值、经济价值和科研价值,为建立红花蜡梅品种群奠定了基础。

Chimonanthus praecox‘Hongyun’is the first new cultivar of red flower wintersweet by seedling selection and cultivation.Most of its middle tepals are purplish red,very few are red yellow,and the inner tepals are purplish red.The flower is trumpet shaped,with medium diameter and strong fragrance,belonging to late flower cultivar.It has high ornamental value,economic value and scientific research value,laying a foundation for the establishment of rubrum group.