Herps Horlepijp

‘Herps Horlepijp’

No. 5842 (Waldenmaier 2005)

Single, Upright

COROLLA is quarter flared with turned under wavy petal margins; opens orange (40C); matures light orange (41C); 16mm (⁵/₈”) long x 14mm (⁹/₁₆”) wide

SEPALS are half down, tips reflexed; red orange (42C), tipped apple green (144C) upper surface; light orange (41C), tipped apple green (144C) lower surface; 19mm (³/₄”) long x 5mm (³/₁₆”) wide

TUBE is pink (43D); long, medium thickness; 41mm (1 ⁵/₈”) long x 6mm (¹/₄”) wide

STAMENS do not extend beyond the corolla; light pink (38D) filaments; pale yellow (2D) anthers

PISTIL extends 11mm (⁷/₁₆”) below the corolla; pink (51D) style; white (155A) stigma

BUD is elongated

FOLIAGE: dark green (137A) upper surface; medium green (137D) lower surface

Leaves are 82mm (3 ¹/₄”) long x 43mm (1 ¹¹/₁₆”) wide, ovate shaped, serrated edges, acute tips and rounded bases

Veins are light yellowish green (146D); stems are yellowish green (144B) & grayish red (181C); branches are medium green (138B) & grayish red (181C)

PARENTAGE: (‘F. magdalenae x F. fulgens grandiflora’) x ‘White King’

Small upright

Makes good upright

Prefers overhead filtered light, cool climate

Best bloom & foliage color in filtered light

Tested three years in Herpen, The Netherlands

Meise 9-18-04, Outstanding

Distinguished by flower color.

Herps Horlepijp

Hybridiser: J. H. Waldenmaier 2004 NL

Seed parent: F. Magdalena x F. fulgens var. rubra grandiflora

Pollen parent: White King

NKvF number: 7160

AFS number: 5842

Flower: single, hanging from a solid neutral stem L.oranje / orange, 65mm.

Flower Tube: curved tube, diameter around 32C orange, blush and orange stripes, 47x6mm.

Sepals: stand up half down to half, four-sided symmetry, top variable section plane, boss dimensions small and green 149c, color outside and inside 32C orange, 21x4mm.

Petals: bell-shaped crown, bottom view around, outstanding quarter, the petals are spade-shaped with a smooth edge, orange color whole 30A, 16x17mm.

Filament: orange, four long and four short stamens, 15x7mm.

Anther: yellow.

Pollen: missing.

Style: pink, 72mm.

Stigma: white, lobed.

Flowering: rich.

Flowering: normal.

Bud: oblong, tip sideways, round diameter, two axillary buds per leaf axils, normally open top.

Berry: No data.

Leaf: elliptical shape, top striker foot rounded edge slightly serrated, matt appearance, smooth and bumpy, veins deepens, color top and bottom medium green, midrib and petiole red, yellow-green veins.

Growth habit: upright.

Growing Method: bush for filtered light, best color in filtered light.

Special features: This plant can not be ensiled. (Overwintering by burying).