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Nephele
£2.25
Currently Unavailable
Hybridiser: de Cooker, Mario, (NL)
Year Introduced: 2008
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Medium sized bush, notably slow growing when young, with fairly small but very sturdy flowers, freely produced.

Tube: Rosy red pink, short and stubby, only fractionally longer than wide.

Sepals: Pink red 52B above, pink red 52C below, green 149D slightly recurved tip, short, broad, concave, horizontal.

Corolla: Light pink 62D/63C, light purple 64B, darker edge. Two adjacent sepals are unflared, others 1/2 flared. All blooms equally asymmetric.

Parentage: ((Sparkling Whisper x (Playboy?)) x Prince Syray.

AFS 7024, NKvF 4711

Nephele

Hybridiser: M. de Cooker 2008 NL

Seed parent: Sparkling Whisper x (x Playboy?)

Pollen parent: Prince Syray

NKvF number: 4711

AFS number: 7024

Approval Number: 080 115

Points: 80

Flower: ankle, standing on a solid neutral stem D.roze / purple, 21mm.

Flower Tube: tubular shape, diameter round, rosy red 52B, 6x5mm.

Sepals: Variable position, four-sided symmetry, top diameter and variable boss dimensions small and green 149D, exterior color pink red 52B, 52C inside pink red, 17x8mm.

Petals: irregularly shaped crown that is at odds with the sepals, bottom view around, half outstanding, petals are normally formed with a smooth edge, color in different groups, color-based light pink 62D, inner light pink 63C, outskirts light purple 64B, edge light purple, 10x12mm.

Filament: pink, roughly equal in length, 27mm.

Anther: pink.

Pollen: missing.

Style: yellow, 10mm.

Stigma: cream, lobed.

Flowering: rich.

Flowering time: usual.

Bud: peg top, angular diameter, two axillary buds per leaf axils, normally open top.

Berry: missing.

Leaf: elliptical shape, top striker foot rounded edge lichtgetand latest matt, rough and bumpy, veins deepens, color top, veins and petiole medium green, light green bottom and veins.

Growth habit: upright.

Growing Method: bush, pyramid or pillar with no preference for one pitch, best color in bright light.

Details: The young plant is a slow grower, so some patience is required. Very well-flowering and tolerates high temperatures as long as the pot in the shade. This is a cultivar nominated by the NKvF

Awards
Certificates & Nominations NKvF RC
Flower Size
Small (1.5 - 3cm) #
Flower Type
Single #
Habit
Bush #
Hardiness
H2 (Min 1°C to 5°C) #