Gorgeous, beautifully shaped, white, pale pink and coral orange flowers are generously produced by this exceptional cultivar. Easy to grow and very rewarding, we really love this one.
Tube: White with rose pink streaks, curved and proportionately just right.
Sepals: White with rose blush above, white below, held horizontally and fully recurved.
Corolla: Coral orange, 1/4 flared, petals form a bell shape.
Foliage: Mid to dark green.
Parentage: Pepeline x Delta's Dream.
AFS 8402, NKvF 4697
Wattenpost – No 8402 (Schütt 2014)
Single. Upright
COROLLA: quarter flared; turned up petal margins, bell shape; opens & matures dark orange (41A); 21mm (13/16") long x 18mm (11/16") wide
PETALOIDS: dark orange (41A); 21mm (13/16”) long x 12mm (7/16”) wide
SEPALS are half up, tips recurved up; light pink (36C) upper & lower surfaces; 31mm (1 1/4") long x 10mm (3/8") wide
TUBE is pale pink (62D); medium length & thickness; 14mm (9/16”) long x 5mm (3/16”) wide
STAMENS extend 6mm (1/4”) beyond the corolla; pale pink (56D) filaments; red (180B) anthers
PISTIL extends 20mm (3/4”) beyond the corolla; pale pink (56D) style; pale yellow (2D) stigma
BUD is elongated
FOLIAGE is medium green (137C) upper surface; medium green (139C) lower surface
Leaves are cordate shaped, serrulate edges, acute tips, rounded bases
Veins are medium green, stems are reddish purple, branches are reddish purple & tan
PARENTAGE: ‘Pepeline’ x ‘Delta’s Dream’
Small upright
Makes good basket or standard
Prefers full sun
Heat tolerant if shaded
Best bloom & foliage color in bright light
Tested 3 years in Cuxhaven, Germany
Distinguished by bloom color contrast.
Wattenpost
Hybridiser: H. Schütt 2002 NL
Seed Parent: Pepe Line
Pollen Parent: Delta's Dream
NKvF number: 4697
AFS number: none
Flower: single, hanging from a neutral solid stem, white / red, 33mm.
Flower Tube: tube, diameter round, white 158D, 14x9mm.
Sepals: curled position, four-sided symmetry, top up, cross-sectional plane, boss dimensions small and green 150B, color outside and inside 56C pink, 27x8mm.
Petals: bell-shaped crown, bottom view around, not outstanding, the crown leaves are round with a smooth edge, basic color white, middle and outskirts red 53B, 19x15mm.
Filament: pink, 4 long and 4 short stamens, 28-23mm.
Anther: purple.
Pollen: gray.
Style: pink, 45mm.
Stigma: yellow, clavate.
Flowering: very rich.
Flowering: normal.
Bud: oblong, point sideways, round cross section, three axillary buds per leaf axil, normally open top.
Berry: none.
Leaf: heart shape, top striker foot heart shape, slightly serrated edge, matt appearance, smooth and bumpy, veins deepens, medium green color top, bottom and yellow-green veins, midrib and petiole reddish.
Growth habit: half pendant.
Cultivation Method: hanger for filtered light, best color in filtered light.
Special features: no data.
Flower Size | |
Large (4.5 - 6cm) | # |
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Flower Type | |
Single | # |
Habit | |
Semi Trailing | # |
Hardiness | |
H2 (Min 1°C to 5°C) | # |