AFS description: ‘Herps
Driewieler’
– No 8675 (Waldenmaier 2016)
Semi-double. Upright. COROLLA: half flare, round shape, smooth petal
margins; opens purple (71A); matures dark reddish purple (61A); 17mm
(5/8") long x 13mm (1/2") wide. SEPALS are half up, tips recurved
up; white (155A) upper surface; light rose (73C) lower surface; 20mm
(3/4") long x 10 (3/8") wide. TUBE is white (155C); short & thick;
7mm (1/4”) long & wide. STAMENS extend 5mm (3/16”) beyond the
corolla; magenta (71C) filaments; dark reddish purple (70A) anthers.
PISTIL extends 25mm (1”) beyond the corolla; magenta (71C) style;
light yellow (5C) stigma. BUD is ovate. 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, rounded bases. Veins, stems & branches are green. PARENTAGE:
‘Herps Saar’ x ‘Prince Syray’. Medium 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 bloom color combination. |