AFS
description:
‘Herps Broes’
– No 8239 (Waldenmaier 2013) Single. Upright. COROLLA:
quarter flared, bell shape, smooth petal margins; opens & matures
pale purple (81D); 7mm (1/4”) long x 7mm (1/4”) wide. SEPALS are half
down, tips reflexed; magenta (57B) upper surface; light purple (81C)
lower surface; 6mm (1/4") long x 4mm (1/8") wide. TUBE is magenta (58B);
medium length & thickness; 9mm (5/16") long x 3mm (1/8”) wide. STAMENS
do not extend beyond the corolla; pink (62B) filaments; light yellow
(4B) anthers. PISTIL extends 3mm (1/8”) beyond the corolla; pink (62B)
style; light yellow (4B) stigma. BUD is globular. FOLIAGE is dark green
(137A) upper surface; medium green (138A) lower surface. Leaves are 50mm
(2 ") long x 30mm (1 3/16") wide, ovate shaped, serrate edges, acute
tips, obtuse bases. Veins & branches are green, stems are red.
PARENTAGE: ‘Straat Flores’ x ‘Fuji-San’. Tall upright. Makes good
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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