AFS description:
‘Herps Charlie’
– No 8600 (Waldenmaier 2015) Single. Upright.
COROLLA: unflared, square shaped, smooth petal margins; opens & matures
orange (32A); 12mm (7/16") long x 12mm (7/16") wide. SEPALS are half
down, tips recurved; dark orange (33A) tipped green upper surface;
orange (33C) tipped green lower surface; 16mm (5/8") long x 11mm (7/16")
wide. TUBE is dark orange (33A), dark red (53A) base; long & thick; 45mm
(1 3/4") long x 10mm (3/8") wide. STAMENS extend 2mm (1/16”) beyond the
corolla; light orange (29B) filaments; yellow (8B) anthers. PISTIL
extends 2mm (1/16”) beyond the corolla; pink (36A) style; light
yellowish green (154C) stigma. BUD is elongated. FOLIAGE is dark green
(137A) upper surface; medium green (138A) lower surface. Leaves are
150mm (6") long x 100mm (4") wide, cordate shaped, smooth edges, acute
tips, cordate bases. Veins, stems & branches are green. PARENTAGE: (F.
splendens tetraploid x F. fulgens Gesneriana
tetraploid) x (‘La Campanella’ x ‘Herps Toverslag’). 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 tube &
sepals; thick & large foliage. |