{"product_id":"2026-gloriosa-rothschildiana","title":"2026 Gloriosa rothschildiana","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eThis two metre long painting of \u003ci\u003eGloriosa rothschildianum\u003c\/i\u003e at x 5 natural size was a really enjoyable commission to work on with the flamboyant colour of the vibrant reds and yellow petals. Months of work on such a large scale . The whole plant creates such fabulous curves and this I tried to capture in the wide sweeping movement across the overall painting.   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eIt’s a plant dear to my heart as I remember it vividly from childhood growing up in Sierra Leone. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"\u003eGloriosa rothschildiana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis taxonomically classified under the species\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;\"\u003eGloriosa superba\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecommonly called gloriosa lily or climbing lily, is a tropical vine which grows to 6’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"\u003e.  \u003cspan class=\"m_5737031168056903053inqyif\"\u003eThe original plant specimen was collected in East Africa by Major H. E. Rattray and sent to UK where it was cultivated and first flowered in 1901 by the British zoologist and banker, Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"\u003e(1868 - 1937)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"\u003e. It was officially described as a new species by botanist James O'Brien in 1903, who named it in honour of Rothschild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"\u003eWhen in bud, the flower faces downward but when in bloom, the petals are strongly reflexed backwards. The plants grow from tubers and climb rapidly on tendrils from the leaf tips. The tendrils are such captivating and fun aspects to draw twining around each other and gripping on as they climb.  All parts of this plant are poisonous.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"\u003eColours used: Aureolin,  Hanser yellow light and medium, Permanent rose, Scarlet lake, Burnt sienna, Alizarine crimson and Perylene maroon, French ultramarine blue .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\"\u003ePrivate Commission\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sue Wickison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48532186136630,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/2681\/6310\/files\/gloriosa-1.jpg?v=1794171418","url":"https:\/\/www.suewickison.com\/products\/2026-gloriosa-rothschildiana","provider":"Sue Wickison","version":"1.0","type":"link"}