AFS
description:
‘Herps Bies’
– No 8238 (Waldenmaier 2013) Single. Upright. COROLLA:
half flared, bell shape, smooth petal margins; opens & matures
light orange (40D); 12mm (7/16”) long x 14mm (9/16”) wide. SEPALS are
half down, tips recurved; light coral (38A) tipped green upper surface;
pink (37C) tipped green lower surface; 22mm (7/8") long x 10mm (3/8")
wide. TUBE is light coral (38A); medium length & thickness; 21mm
(13/16") long x 7mm (1/4”) wide. STAMENS extend 5mm (3/16”) beyond the
corolla; light pink (36B) filaments; pale yellow (5D) anthers. PISTIL
extends 15mm (9/16”) beyond the corolla; white (155D) style; pale yellow
(5D) stigma. BUD is bulbous. FOLIAGE is dark green (137A) upper surface;
medium green (138A) lower surface. Leaves are 70mm (2 3/4") long x 50mm
(2") wide, cordate shaped, serrate edges, acute tips, cordate bases.
Veins & branches are green, stems are red. PARENTAGE: [(tetraploid) F.
splendens x (tetraploid) F. fulgens gesneriana] x ‘Lord
Lonsdale’. Medium upright. Makes good upright. Prefers overhead filtered
light. Best bloom & foliage color in filtered light. Tested 3 years in
Herpen, The Netherlands. Fuchsia Nieuwigheden Certificering.
Distinguished by flower color.
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