Americky Maly
This cultivar was originally from North Moravia in the Czech Republic and was imported into Australia from the USA by the AGIA in 1994. Loxton Var. No: 103, CSIRO Intro No: 135505. In the USA the NGPS database number is PI 540335
General Information
| International Names |
Americky Maly (NGPS PI 540335) |
| Storage |
Medium. |
| Growing location |
Tasmania, but would also be suitable for colder, mountainous parts of Victoria and NSW. |
| Planting and harvest |
Late planting and late harvest. |
Bulb
| Shape |
Small to medium bulbs 5.5-6.5 cm, level base.
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| Skin colour and texture |
Coarse off-white skin with patches of glazed purple
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Clove
| Number and layout |
3-7 in single round.
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| Size and shape |
Three and four-sided, wedge-shaped, and typically 2.5-3.5 cm tall. Elongated clove tip.
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| Skin colour and texture |
Mid brown with dark brown veins and darker brown tones at base. Secondary leaf skin thickly covers cloves and is hard to remove but the cloves themselves are easily peeled.
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Plant
| Size and shape |
Large tall-growing plant.
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| Matures |
Late maturing.
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| Scape |
Strongly bolting with strong solid scape. At peak coil it will cross over the scape producing a 270° turn. The scape should be removed when it starts to straighten, as it will reduce the bulb size by up to 30 per cent if left on.
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| Umbel and beak |
Long umbel and beak.
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| Bulbils and flowers |
Bulbils are medium and numerous, greater than 50, and there are some flowers in the umbel.
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