Tommie Lockwood clone.first blooms on this plant.

This might very well be the only surviving plant of this cultivar.It was saved from the compost heap by Timothy plowman years ago (1973) after the Brug Master Tommie Lockwood died tragically in a car crash in Mexico.All of Tommies hybrids,species and collected clones were then thrown out by the university where he worked..all but this plant(clone)...Tomothy saved it and gave a piece to a collector in Calif.That plant died a few years ago after I got a piece.So as far as we can tell this is the only remaining plant of this line in this country(if it originally was a collected plant)if it was a hybrid Tommie did we will never know..his good friend mr. Plowman has died also as well as the teacher of both Richard Shultes.

So lucky that you got a piece of it. Very pretty.

Very pretty!

I cannot understand why they threw out all his work! But I'm glad you have this.

Nice brug. The foliage looks so nice.

Has definate versicolor flowers and leaves...the flowers are short.....like about half the size of regular versicolors.started white then a pale pink/rose blush..not much smell.but very waxy flowers.

Very pretty and how lucky you are to have it.

Kyle, does your giant white change colour as it gets older? I got a piece in a trade and it's lovely, but turns sort of peachy colour. Can't post a picture as XP doesn't like my camera.

Very interesting history. I hope that you have started many cuttings of this plant. You have a piece of history and research that no one else has.

You have the only surviving Lockwood plant? Have you put it in your will??? I'll bet Tonny is making travel plans right now. That's like having an original Picasso.
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Wow, what a sad story. I hate sad stories. So they tossed his life's work? What a terrible ending. I hope you send out pieces all over to ensure a least a little part of Tommie Lockwood lives on.

Kyle, I love it! Haver you ever thought about naming the plant after Tommie Lockwood? It would honour him.

First, Kyle the plant is absolutely beautiful. Second, it wonderful to know at least one of his plants is still in existence. Its a share that a person's life's work was thrown away, that's heart braking! Finally, I agree with Monika. I think the plant should be named "Tommie Lockwood."
I also believe that somehow a clone should be donated to a botanical garden in the state where Tommie lived. The plant should continue to be in existence in a protected site somewhere. You have a remarkable piece of history there. Shame on the university that tossed this man's work.
Kyle the torch is in your hand to pass onto further generations....Gosh that's a lot of pressure on you, but you are the man for the job!

Kyle its awesome looking and your a very lucky man to own such a plant.

Does anyone know the reason why the plants were destroyed ?Did the feel no one could or would continue his research ?

CC..thats the exact reason..they needed room in the research greenhouses...so since no one there was at a level to continue his work..all the plants were lost.Cept this one.

Monika I will send you additional pics for possible ID as to true type......And you can be sure...I intend to name the plant after Tommie...the person I got my plant from had previously called it Tommie Lockwood clone....we will change the name a little.....the mother plant mine came from Died mysteriously after Timothy Plowman died.Spooky!!
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That's too weird Eclipse. Be careful.

Yes, there might be a Lockwood curse. LOL.
He must have rolled over in his grave in disgust that they threw everything away. And why won't the family release his papers?

BTW, when you send this plant far and wide............. do NOT send me this one.......LOL

It's a beauty and a very special plant.Guard it well.

Liz, I have a copy of his Thesis from 1972....over 250 pages..tons of info from his collecting trips to SA and his breeding experiments..to his crosses and growing info.A great Lexicon of most known brug forms at that time.Maps to where they come from..the whole enchilada.....I also have copies of many works with brugs and collecting and identifying notes from R. Shultes,Timothy Plowman,and others..in my early days I did much research on these plants in Museum libraries,herbariums,etc.Tommies Folks when I talked to them 1992..were unwilling for anyone to publish his works that weren't already published...too bad they don't realize that all of Tommies work will remain buried in a Harvard Library forever...unless the give permission to publish his works openly.

To release these papers would be a posthum honor for their son. Did he made his Dr. title or was it to him refused after his death?

Kyle,
It would be an honor for sure to have his works published. I'm sure most brug growers would buy his book for sure!! I for one would.

Keep trying to get those papers released.What a treasure that would be for all of us.

Monika..he recieved his Doctorate before his death..he graduated from Harvard and was teaching at the University of Illinois at Urbana as head of the Economic horticulture dept.It was after his graduation and move to Illinois that he died in the accident in Mexico on a field trip with his students.