Delphobe 
Dorothea Flower 
Needs a bit of support to be grown as a bush but makes a superb hanging container. Released to celebrate the Diamond Anniversary of The British Fuchsia Society
Tube: White
Sepals: White with pink blush and pink stripe. Held horizontally and with arching upward recurve
Corolla: Creamy white with faint pink flush
Foliage: Medium green
Parentage: Harry Gray x Roy Walker.
AFS 3764
DIAMOND CELEBRATION - No. 3764 (Johns/Muncaster, 1997)
Double. Upright
Nonflaring square 15mm (5/8") long x 30mm (1 1/8") wide COROLLA opens white (155D) maturing to white flushed pale pink (36D) with smooth petal edges
Horizontally held 30mm (1 1/8") long x 14mm (1/2") wide SEPALS are white (155A) edged dark rose (54B) with recurved tips
Proportionately short thick 7mm (1/4") long x 7mm wide TUBE is white (155A) striped dark rose (54B)
STAMENS extend 5mm (1/8") beyond corolla with dark rose (54B) filaments and white (155A) striped dark rose (54B) anthers
PISTIL extends 25mm (1") beyond corolla with pale pink (36D) style and white (155A) stigma
Pointed triangular BUD
FOLIAGE is dark green (137A) on the upper surface, medium green (138A) on the lower surface with 42mm (1 5/8") long x 22mm wide lanceolate shaped leaves, serrulate edges, acute tips and rounded bases
Veins are green with red stems and branches
PARENTAGE: Harry Gray x Roy Walker
Lax upright, stiff trailer, standard or decorative
Prefers overhead filtered light with best bloom color in limited light and is heat tolerant if shaded
Tested 12 years in Harrogate, N. Yorkshire, UK and to be introduced in 1998
Distinguished by: bloom color, corolla shape.
| Flower Size | |
| Large (4.5 - 6cm) | # |
|---|---|
| Flower Type | |
| Double | # |
| Habit | |
| Semi Trailing | # |
| Hardiness | |
| H2 (Min 1°C to 5°C) | # |