Pukeiti

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Life form: Shrub - evergreen

Comments: Habit: Compact shrub, 0.9 x 1.3m in 12 years.

Foliage: leaves elliptic, 70-145 x 20-65mm, flat, acuminate at apex, rounded at base.

Flowers: 10-17 loose, rounded truss, open funnel-shaped, 50 x 65mm, with 5-6 strongly wavy-edged lobes, yellowish pink in bud, inside creamy yellow with a faint pink tinge, with yellow-green markings on the dorsal lobe, outside creamy yellow with a very faint pink tinge.

History: Syn. of 'Bruns Gloria'. 'Professor F. Bettex' (s) X 'Goldsworth Orange'. Hybridised in 1952, grown to first flower, named, and introduced by W. Bruns and Bruns Nursery (1980). Registered by W. Schmalscheidt in 1996.