Deborah Jane 
DebRon's Party Girls 
Gloriously dark petals and free flowering. Fabulous. This video clip from 2008 shows its hybridizer, Ron Monnier, talking about it and his other wonderful introductions from that year.
Tube: Short, thick and bulbous, in red (53D).
Sepals: Quite broad, held horizontally with tips recurved. Richly coloured in magenta (61C), a slightly paler shade on the lower surface.
Corolla: Broader than it is long, quarter flared; smooth turned under margins; opens an amazing dark purple (79A); maturing to dark reddish purple (61A)
Foliage: A lightish green (137C).
Parentage: Hermiena x Rohees New Millenium.
AFS 6981
DebRons Beau Dean Richard No 6981 (Monnier, 2009)
Double. Upright
COROLLA: quarter flared; smooth turned under margins; opens dark purple (79A); matures dark reddish purple (61A); 26mm (1") long x 24mm (15/16") wide
SEPALS: horizontal, tips recurved; magenta (61C) upper surface; magenta (63A) lower surface; 41mm (1 5/8") long x 17mm (5/8") wide
TUBE: red (53D); short, medium thickness; 14mm (9/16") long x 10mm (3/8") wide
STAMENS extend 20mm (3/4") beyond the corolla; magenta (63A) filaments; dark purple (79A) anthers
PISTIL extends 50mm (2") beyond the corolla; magenta (63A) style; light magenta (66D) stigma
BUD is oblong
FOLIAGE is medium green (137C) upper surface; medium green (138B) lower surface
Leaves are 47mm (1 7/8") long x 30mm (1 3/16") wide; cordate shaped, serrulate edges, acute tips, rounded bases
Veins are plum (183D), stems and branches are dark grayish purple (183A)
PARENTAGE: Hermiena x Rohees New Millennium
Small upright
Self branching
Makes good upright
Prefers overhead filtered light
Best bloom and foliage color in filtered light
Tested 3 years in Woodburn, Oregon, USA
Distinguished by blossom color and shape, profuse blooms.
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