Excellent cultivar producing massed outward facing flowers of bright bold colour. We really like this one.
Tube: Deep rose pink, short.
Sepals: Deep rose with green tips on top, lighter underneath. Held slightly down with recurved tips when mature.
Corolla: Aubergine with red overtones, pales to rose-pink at base of petals, deep rose pink veins, 1/4 flared when mature.
Foliage: Mid to dark green.
Parentage: Nellie Nuttall x Prince Syray.
AFS 7631, NKvF 4903
John Nicholass – No 7631 (Koerts 2011)
Single. Upright
COROLLA: fully flared, smooth petal margins; opens and matures purple (71A); 15mm (9/16") long x 10mm (3/8") wide
SEPALS: half up, tips reflexed up; dark rose (48A) upper surface; pink (48C) lower surface; 15mm (9/16") long x 7mm (1/4") wide
TUBE: red (44A); short, thin; 7mm (1/4") long x 4mm (1/8") wide
STAMENS extend 10mm (3/8") beyond the corolla; peach (38B) filaments; dark purple (78A) anthers
PISTIL extends 24mm (15/16") beyond the corolla; peach (38B) style; yellowish white (158A) stigma
BUD: pegtop shape
FOLIAGE: dark green (147A) upper surface; yellowish green (146C) lower surface
Leaves are 38mm (1 1/2") long x 18mm (11/16") wide, elliptic shaped, serrate edges, acute tips, rounded bases. Veins are dark green (147A), stems and branches are yellowish green (146C)
PARENTAGE: Nellie Nuttall x Prince Syray
Medium upright
Makes good upright or standard
Prefers full sun in cool climate
Best bloom and foliage color in bright light
Tested 4 years in Stadskanaal, The Netherlands
Distinguished by color combination
John Nicholass
Hybridiser: T.G. Koerts 2010 NL
Seed Parent: Nellie Nutall
Pollen Parent: Prince Syray
NKvF number: 4903
AFS number: 7631
Flower: single standing on a solid neutral stem, red / red purple, 24mm.
Flower tube: tube, diameter round, red 44A, 158A cream blush, 7x4mm.
Sepals: horizontal position, four-sided symmetry, top flat, hollow section, boss dimensions small and green 142A, exterior color red 48A, 48C inside pink, 15x7mm.
Petals: rosette-shaped top, bottom view around, not outstanding, the petals are shovel-shaped with a smooth edge, basic color pink 68A, society and outskirts red purple 71A, 15x10mm.
Filament: pink, 4 long and 4 short stamens, 18-16mm.
Anther: purple.
Pollen: cream.
Style: pink, 32mm.
Stigma: cream, lobed.
Flowering: rich.
Flowering: normal.
Bud: peg top, diameter around 2 axillary buds per leaf axil, normally open top.
Berry: elongated and red.
Leaf: elliptical shape, top striker foot rounded edge slightly serrated, matt appearance, smooth and flat, similar veins, color top and midrib means green, underside, veins and light green petiole.
Growth habit: erect.
Cultivation Method: shrub or stem for in full sun, best color in filtered light.
Specialties: plant with outstanding and upstanding flowers in a special livery.
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Medium (3 - 4.5cm) | # |
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Hardiness | |
H2 (Min 1°C to 5°C) | # |