AFS description: ‘Herps
Ballade’ – No
8434 (Waldenmaier 2014) Single. Upright. COROLLA:
half flared; turned up smooth petal margins, round shape;
opens purple (71A); matures purple (71B); 16mm (5/8") long x 18mm
(11/16") wide. SEPALS are horizontal, tips recurved; red (46D) upper
surface; red (52A) lower surface; 22mm (7/8") long x 11mm (7/16")
wide. TUBE is pink (52D); medium length & thickness; 14mm (9/16”)
long x 8mm (5/16”) wide. STAMENS extend 5mm (3/16”) beyond the
corolla; dark rose (67C) filaments; magenta (71C) anthers. PISTIL
extends 20mm (3/4”) beyond the corolla; dark rose (67C) style;
yellowish white (4D) stigma. BUD is bulbous. FOLIAGE is dark green
(137A) upper surface; medium green (138A) lower surface. Leaves are
55mm (2 3/16”) long x 30mm (1 3/16”) wide, ovate shaped, serrulate
edges, acute tips, rounded bases. Veins, stems & branches are green.
PARENTAGE: ‘La Campanella’ x ‘Prince Syray’. Medium upright. Self
branching. Makes good upright. Prefers overhead filtered light. Best
bloom & foliage color in bright light. Tested 4 years in Herpen, The
Netherlands. Fuchsia Nieuwigheden Certificering. Distinguished by
flower color & corolla stand. |