AFS description: ‘Herps
Lampekap’
– No 8603 (Waldenmaier 2015) Single. Upright. COROLLA: half flare,
round shape, smooth, turned up petal margins; opens & matures
magenta (67B), orange base; 21mm (13/16") long x 26mm (1") wide.
SEPALS are half up, tips recurved up; red (45D), tipped green, upper
surface; light pink (38C), tipped green, lower surface; 30mm (1
3/16") long x 11mm (7/16") wide. TUBE is red (45C); medium length &
thickness; 15mm (9/16”) long x 9mm (5/16") wide. STAMENS extend 5mm
(3/16”) beyond the corolla; light pink (62C) filaments; pale pink
(62D) anthers. PISTIL extends 20mm (3/4”) beyond the corolla; pale
pink (62D) style; yellow (10A) stigma. BUD is globular. FOLIAGE is
dark green (137A) upper surface; medium green (138A) lower surface.
Leaves are 70mm (2 3/4") long x 45mm (1 3/4") wide, ovate shaped,
serrate edges, acute tips, rounded bases. Veins, stems & branches
are green. PARENTAGE: (F. splendens tetraploid x F.
fulgens Gesneriana tetraploid) x ‘Torville and Dean’.
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. |