A small, pretty bush fuchsia with poised and elegant flowers. Good self branching habit.
Tube: Magenta 63A, medium length and thickness.
Sepals: Red purple 67A above, magenta 67B below, horizontal to 1/2 up, tip reflexed.
Corolla: Light purple N74C, matures pale red purple 72C, 1/2 flared, smooth petals have wavy edges.
Foliage: Dark green.
Parentage: Herps Parachute x Aldham.
AFS 6577
Herps Buggy No 6577 (Waldenmaier, 2007)
Single. Upright
COROLLA: Half flared, wavy, turned under petal margins; opens light purple (N74C); matures light reddish purple (72C); 20mm (3/4") long x 17mm (5/8") wide
SEPALS: horizontal, tips reflexed; reddish purple (67A) upper surface; magenta (67B) lower surface; 27mm (1 1/16") long x 9mm (5/16") wide
TUBE: magenta (63A); medium length and thickness; 15mm (9/16") long x 6mm (1/4") wide
STAMENS extend 6mm (1/4") beyond the corolla; pale violet (76D) filaments; orangy brown (174B) anthers
PISTIL extends 20mm (3/4") beyond the corolla; pale rose (73D) style; rose (68B) stigma
BUD is oblong
FOLIAGE is dark green (136B) upper surface; medium green (138B) lower surface
Leaves are 67mm (2 5/8") long x 31mm (1 1/4") wide; ovate shaped, serrulate edges, acute tips, rounded bases. Veins are plum (184C), stems are reddish purple (186B), branches are very dark reddish (186A)
PARENTAGE: Herps Parachute x Aldham
Small upright
Self branching
Makes good upright
Prefers overhead filtered light, cool climate
Best bloom and foliage color in filtered light
Tested 3 years in Herpen, The Netherlands
Meise 9/16/06
Distinguished by bloom color.
Flower: Quite large, hanging flower
Flower Tube: Dim.
17 x 8 mm; round, dull; dark red (57A); narrowing at calyx and constricted
Sepals: exterior: dark red (57A) inside: dark red (57A); Dim. 34 x 12 mm
Petals: lilac (74B); Dim. 28 x 28 mm; outstanding quarters, round
Filament: pink, 10 mm below petal
Anther: lilac
Style: pink, 30mm lower petal
Stigma: pink, lobed
Flowering: normal
Bud: elongated
Leaf: top center green (137A), lower middle green (138B); light red stalk; Dim.
100 x 45 mm; lanceolate; corrugated sheet edge, top and base pointed
Growth habit: erect
Cultivation Method: shrub or bush to place in bright light
Specifics: normal peaks; Petals of elder flower have a saucer shape.
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Flower Size | |
Medium (3 - 4.5cm) | # |
Flower Type | |
Single | # |
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Bush | # |
Upright Bush | # |
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H2 (Min 1°C to 5°C) | # |
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Tubular Flower | # |