Herps Bazuin

Herps Bazuin No. 5390 (Waldenmaier, 2004)

Single. Upright

COROLLA: quarter flared, smooth petal margins; opens and matures dark orange (33A); 12mm (1/2") long x 13mm (1/2") wide

SEPALS: full down; tips reflexed; orange (33B) upper surface; peach (33D) lower surface; 20mm(13/16") long x 9mm (3/8") wide

TUBE: light orange (33C); long, medium thickness; 98mm (3 7/8") long x 7mm (1/4") wide

STAMENS: do not extend below corolla; light orange (31C) filaments; light yellow (4B) anthers

PISTIL: extends 5mm (3/16") below the corolla, light orange (31C) style; light yellow (4B) stigma

BUD: long tube, rounded end

FOLIAGE: dark green (137A) upper surface, medium green (137B) lower surface

Leaves are 170mm (6 11/16") long x 110mm (4 5/16") wide, ovate shaped, wavy edges, acute tips and rounded bases. Veins, stems and branches are red

PARENTAGE: [(F. magdalenae x F. fulgens grandiflora) x (F. fulgens gesneriana x self, doubled into a tetraploid after colchicine treatment)]

Tall upright

Makes good upright

Prefers overhead filtered light

Best bloom color in bright light

Tested 3 years in Herpen, The Netherlands

Award of Merit, VKC, The Netherlands

Distinguished by long tubed flowers in terminal racemes.

Hybridiser: J. H. Waldenmaier 2002 NL

Seed Parent: F.magdalenae x F.fulgens var. rubra grandiflora

Pollen Parent: F.fulgens var. gesneriana x F.fulgens var. gesneriana Tetraploid after colchicine treatment

NKvF number: 4504

AFS number: 5390

Flower: single, hanging from a solid neutral stem, orange / orange, 100mm.

Flower Tube: curved sleeve, angular diameter, orange-39A, blush orange, 99x10mm.

Sepals: half-down position, symmetry four sides, top and sectional plane, boss dimensions half and green 145B, exterior color orange 33C, 29C inside very light orange, 12x9mm.

Petals: bell-shaped crown, bottom view square, three-quarter outstanding, the petals are normally formed with an edge, fully color orange 32A, edge and veins dark orange, 11x14mm.

Filament: orange, 4 long and 4 short stamens, 9-6mm.

Anther: yellow.

Pollen: missing.

Style: orange, 98mm.

Stigma: yellow.

Flowering: rich bunch.

Flowering: normal.

Bud: triphyllas shape, angular diameter, normally open top.

Berry: No data.

Leaf: egg shape, top and foot blunt edge slightly toothed, glossy appearance, smooth and flat, veins right, top and bottom color dark green, midrib and petiole red, medium green veins.

Growth habit: erect.

Cultivation Method: bush for in full sun, best color in bright light.

Particulars: plant with very long flowers. Approved by the VKC on 17-8-2002.

Flower: extremely long flower;

Corolla; beautiful bright orange color

Flower Tube: extremely long 110 x 7 mm; slightly angular; average thickness; color: orange (33C) with slightly darker tinge and clear stripes, and at the base brown

Sepals: Dim.

20 x 9 mm; warts at the base; outside: the orange base (33B) overflowing with cream to longish green dot, inside: light orange at the base (33D) overflowing into cream to a long green dot

Petals: Dim.

12 x 13 mm; bright orange (33A) with a red veins; oval around with a small pointed lobe; slightly bulged; dispersion 30%

Helmet Thread: orange

Anther: yellow

Style: orange

Stigma: white

Flowering: mild with some cluster formation at the end of the branches

Flowering time: quite late

Bud: peg top button on a very long tube with a striking green dot

Leaf: elliptical shape; undulated with coarse grains at the top; pointed tip; heart-shaped base; blade position; crosswise; big leaf; Dim. 170 x 110 mm; pretty deep veins; really fulgens sheet; hairless; color: top center green (137A), bottom dull (137B)

Growth habit: erect with spreading branches

Cultivation Method: shrub or tree crown to place in full sun and bright light

Special features: in winter greenhouse, not silage

Cultivar with 44 chromosomes: 22 F. magdalenae and 22 F. fulgens.