Picea mariorika 'Machala'

An interesting plant morphologically it seems to be a clear hybrid between Picea mariana and Picea omorika, however Mr. Machala of the Czech Republic who originated it in 1971 considered it a seedling of P. jesoensis. This seems unlikely, however there is a recorded cross P. x moseri between P. jesoensis and Picea mariana ‘Doumetii’ with bicolored foliage made by Moser which goes back to 1900 in France but the details are a bit sketchy whatever it forms an extremely squashed cone of bicolored foliage that is quite attractive.