‘Orange King’ 
‘Orange Sun’ 
‘Orange Thornless’ 
deep orange (713), 9.5 by 7.5 mm, from September; scab resistant; winter 
hardy. D.R. Egolf and R.F. Drechsler. Baileya 15(2):87. 1967 : Chromo- 
some number 2n=34. 
= ‘Orange Cup’ 
P. fortuneana 
Orange Red 32A, RHS 
(Rudolf Schmidt, Rellingen/Holstein, West Germany. Catalog, p. 11. 
1957-58, as P. coccinea ‘Orange King’) : Leaves evergreen; fruit orange, 
ripening in October. L.R. Russell, Ltd., Windlesham, Surrey, England. 
Catalog, p. 47. 1960-61, as P. ‘Orange King’ : Leaves lustrous; fruit 
orange scarlet. D.R. Egolf and R.F. Drechsler. Baileya 15(2):87. 1967 : 
Chromosome number 2n=34. 
P. coccinea 
Orange 28A-Orange Red 30A, RHS 
(C. Philip, compiler. The Plant Finder, 2d ed., p. 296. 1988, without 
description) : Indicates cultivar is available from Mallorn Garden, 
Redruth, Cornwall, England. Letter June 10, 1989, Mallorn Garden : 
Error in 1987-88 catalog; should read ‘Golden Sun’. 
= ‘Soleil d'Or’, ‘Golden Sun’, ‘Pluie d’Or’, ‘Sungold’ 
(W.E. Lammerts. Pacific Coast Nurseryman 3(2):8. 1945, as P. crenulata 
var. ‘Orange Thornless’) : Semi-tall, 6- to 10-ft shrub; branches arching, 
free of thorns or only occasionally a very few near the base of the plant, 
rusty pubescent when young, becoming glabrous when older; leaves 
narrow oblong to oblanceolate, obtuse, 1 to 1 1/2 inches long, 1/4 to 3/8 
inch wide, with small mucronate tip, dark green above, paler green be- 
neath, glabrous on both surfaces; inflorescence puberulent; fruit 3-11 per 
cluster on short pedicels, depressed, globose, 3/8 to 7/16 inch in diam- 
eter by 1/4 inch thick; bright orange. Originated by W.E. Lammerts, as an 
F, of P. angustifolia x P. crenulata, ca. 1945. 
= ‘Thornless Orange’ 
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