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AFS description: ‘Herps
Lonneke’
– No 8677 (Waldenmaier 2016)
Double. Upright. COROLLA: three quarter flare, round shape, smooth
petal margins; opens purple (83B); matures purple (71A); 16mm (5/8")
long x 22mm (7/8") wide. SEPALS are horizontal, tips recurved; white
(155A) upper & lower surfaces; 20mm (3/4") long x 11 (1/16") wide.
TUBE is white (155A); short & thick; 5mm (3/16”) long x 6mm (1/4")
wide. STAMENS extend 10mm (3/8”) beyond the corolla; dark rose (71D)
filaments; magenta (71C) anthers. PISTIL extends 12mm (7/16”) beyond
the corolla; white (155B) style & light yellow (5C) stigma. BUD is
bulbous. FOLIAGE is dark green (137A) upper surface; medium green
(138A) lower surface. Leaves are 50mm (2") long x 25mm (1") wide,
ovate shaped, serrate edges, acute tips, rounded bases. Veins, stems
& branches are green. PARENTAGE: ‘Herps Saar’ x ‘Herps Peddel’.
Small upright. Makes good basket. Prefers overhead filtered light.
Best bloom & foliage color in bright light. Tested 3 years in
Herpen, The Netherlands. Fuchsia Nieuwigheden Certificering.
Distinguished by bloom color combination with horizontal to
up-facing blooms. |
