AFS
description: ‘Herps Aorta’- No.
8234 (Waldenmaier 2013) Single. Upright. COROLLA:
quarter flared, bell shape, smooth petal margins; opens pale
lavender (65D); matures light pink (65B); 5mm (3/16”) long x 4mm (1/8”)
wide. SEPALS are half up, tips reflexed up; pink (62A) upper surface;
light rose (58D) lower surface; 7mm (1/4") long x 3mm (1/8") wide. TUBE
is pink (62A); medium length, thin; 11mm (7/16") long x 4mm (1/8”) wide.
STAMENS do not extend beyond the corolla; white (155D) filaments; cream
(158D) anthers. PISTIL does not extend beyond the corolla; white (155D)
style & stigma. BUD is elongated. FOLIAGE is dark green (137A) upper
surface; medium green (138A) lower surface. Leaves are 45mm (1 3/4")
long x 30mm (1 3/16") wide, ovate shaped, serrate edges, acute tips,
rounded bases. Veins, stems & branches are green. PARENTAGE: ‘Straat
Flores’ x (tetraploid) F. splendens. Medium upright. Makes good
basket or upright. Prefers overhead filtered light. Best bloom & foliage
color in bright light. Tested 3 years in Herpen, The Netherlands.
Fuchsia Nieuwigheden Certificering. Distinguished by flower shape &
color.
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