translation:
Buddha's Lotus Seat
peonyworld/ (lactiflora)
Lian Tai // Lotus Throne Multicolor, light purple red outer-petals, pink inner-petals. Anemone form. Flowers ''13cm x 8cm'', upright, delicate fragrance. Plant height 75cm. Late blossoming.
xinxin: (lactiflora):
Lian Tai Anemone form, decent flowers 15cm X 10cm, growth vigorous, flowers in midseason. Outer petals are oval type with light purple in color, inner petals are narrow, oval or strip with light yellow in color. "Lian Tai" is one of the best known traditional herbaceous peonies with plenty of flowers and foliages, resistant to insect pest and plant diseases. The plant is average height with thick stalks with multi- color flowers. It is a fine variety to decorate the gardens
Golden Port:
Anemone shaped, multicolored, moderately fragrant; boom late; short.
Heze Guohua Peony Research Institute
Lian Tai (Lotus Seat) Mid , Low Mid bloom. Multi color. Flower shape: anemone form. Flower size 15x7cm. Seeds. Plant height to 85cm. Thin, hard stalks, upright. Many leaves. Vigorous. Many site flower buds. Could be potted. Fragrant.
Lian Tai (PIVOINES HERBACEES CHINOISES): flr. semi-double rosé soutenu, pétaloïdes rosé et crème
Reiner Jakubowski on Y!peony on Febr. 2006:
Hello everyone,
I recently received a letter from Harold Entsminger, originator of
'Lady Liberty' (2001). He pointed out that van Bourgondien is offering a
peony called Lady Liberty in their spring 2006 catalogue, but that it IS
NOT Harold's origination.
I cannot find any information about this peony on the Internet other
than what's given on the sites of the two mail-order houses where I found
identical pictures and much the same description. The peony in question
is a pink lactiflora anemone type, with typical pale yellow centre made
of stamens transformed into petalodes. It's a nice looking peony if you
like that colour and form, but there are many other very similar ones
with well established names and the legitimate history attached thereto.
Most importantly for us, it is not the single red hybrid which would be
expected from searching registration files for information.
None of this means that it is not a legitimate name well established in
the jurisdiction in which it arose, but only that it is unknown to me.
If anyone has information about van Bourgondien's Lady Liberty, please
let me know.
Thanks,
Reiner Jakubowski
Wang Jian Li
Heze Spring Nursery
www.hezespring.com
Hello Reiner,
This variety factually is a Chinese peonies variety,
its real name is "Lian Tai". Van Bourgondien just
renamed this variety. Please see below link from their
site: (link) below words are from their site
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PLEASE NOTE: Peony Lady Liberty was unfortunately
mis-named in our spring 2006 catalog. The correct name
is Peony Lian Tai. We apologize for any confusion.
Size: 2-3 eye roots.
Zone: 3-9
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Best regards, Wang Jian Li, Heze Spring Nursery, www.hezespring.com
Hello Wang Jian Li,
Thank you for this information. I hope it is the beginning of a trend
for western peony vendors to keep the true variety names of peonies
originating in China and Japan. Current International Cultivar Registration
Authority guidelines stipulate that ideographic characters found in
written languages such as Chinese and Japanese, be transcripted into Roman
script using standardized methods for doing so. For the serious peony
gardener, keeping the real name of a cultivar is an important part of
their gardening enjoyment. There is much history lost when the names are
changed, and much confusion results when names are not unique to only
one peony.
There is also the tendency in the west to translate the meanings of
names originating in foreign lands. This too is contrary to the
International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. It is fine to translate
the names for the sake of interest, but in commerce the true variety
name should be used, otherwise we lose track of what is what. Once we
lose confidence that the peony we want will be the one we receive, then we
will either not buy that variety or we will stop doing business with
vendors we perceive to engage in these detrimental practices.
Thanks again for updating us on 'Lian Tai'.
Reiner Jakubowski
