Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras is a PSA-registered cultivar, reported as a seedling of Courtade Pink, with pink, red, and orange flowers, yellow center, red center, and orange center, 3 inches bloom size, Peach fragrance, great bloomer.
Description
Beautiful swirling complex of multi colors and patternation. Nice sweet /spicy perfume. Orange, red bands on front and back, wide rounded petals, pointed tips, high overlapping, heavy texture, 3-1/2", keeping quality excellent. Fused mass of blended pastels that radiate a soft orange-yellow-pinkish blend. The fragrance is sweet and peachy and growth is compact. Elizabeth Thornton seedling and one of her most showy trees.
Traits and Characteristics
These traits can narrow possible matches when considered together, but they do not prove identity by themselves.
Traits and Characteristics
Flower
| Primary flower colors | pink, red, orange, peach |
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| Flower center color | yellow center, red center, orange center, gold center |
| Flower size | 3 inches |
| Flower size bucket | 3-3.5 in |
Fragrance
| Fragrance profile | Peach |
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Tree
| Growth habit | Compact |
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Bloom
| Blooming habit | great bloomer |
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Petal Shape / Type
| Petal shape | elliptical, wide petals, pointed petals |
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Petal Surface / Color Behavior
| Petal overlap | overlapping petals |
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| Petal texture | ruffled, overlapping petals, heavy texture, fades |
Leaves
| Leaf notes | acute tips |
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These traits update from the structured Admin Cultivar record when one exists. Use them as comparison clues, not proof of identity by themselves.
AKA, Parentage & Known Seedlings
| Also known as | Thornton Mardi Gras, Featured On The PSA Logo, Produces Seedpods |
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| Seedling of / parentage | Courtade Pink |
| Country of Origin | United States |
| Known seedlings from this record | Danny Pie, Elyslium, Fantasy Fest From P. Hut, Pod Parent Mardi Gras, Fletch, Fletch-Grafted, Fortuna, Gasparilla, Hannah Joy, Raspberry Sundance, Sandy Ann, Shannon Renee, White Lightning |
AKA and relationship details are research notes, not visual identification proof. Treat reported parentage and seedlings as needing review until source-backed.
Identification Assistance
This page helps collect the correct photos and source notes for comparison. A plumeria cannot be positively identified from a few simple traits or one photo.
Color Behavior & Photo Context
| Photo context | Gallery metadata includes image date(s): 2016-12-05. These may be archive/upload dates unless confirmed as capture dates. |
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| Photo-observed colors | Orange, Pink, White, Peach, Yellow |
| Photo-observed center | Yellow, Gold, Orange |
| Photo-observed pattern | Multi-color / rainbow-like with warm center |
| Photo color confidence | High | Human review: No |
| Future context fields | Region, sun exposure, temperature range, season, and bloom age can be added when known. |
| Sample filenames | Mardi-Gras_1179.jpg, Mardi-Gras_6911.jpg, Mardi-Gras_6911.jpg, Mardi-Gras_8457.jpg, Mardi-Gras_1519.jpg, Mardi-Gras_2490.jpg, Mardi-Gras_9559.jpg, Mardi_Gras_4x3.jpg |
Photo observation only; compare with trusted source data before replacing master color fields.
Review Notes
Seeded from existing Imagely gallery; verify cultivar identity, source history, and trait data before publishing as reference record.
Before this record is treated as final, a trusted reviewer should confirm that the gallery photos belong to this cultivar and verify the master-list traits.
Master list support: 44 master sources.
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