AFS description:
‘Herps Meteoor’ –
No 7707 (Waldenmaier 2011) Double. Upright. COROLLA: quarter flared,
round shape, smooth petal margins; opens red (45A), orange red base;
matures red (45B); 23mm (7/8") long x 20mm (3/4") wide. SEPALS: half
up, tips recurved up; coral (39B) upper surface; orange (33C) lower
surface; 40mm (1 9/16") long x 15mm (9/16”) wide. TUBE: coral (39B);
medium length, thick; 17mm (5/8”) long x 9mm (5/16”) wide. STAMENS
extend 10mm (3/8”) beyond the corolla; red (52A) filaments; reddish
purple (61B) anthers. PISTIL extends 40mm (1 9/16”) beyond the
corolla; magenta (58B) style; light yellow (4C) stigma. BUD: Ovate.
FOLIAGE: medium green (138A) upper surface; medium green (138B)
lower surface. Leaves are 85mm (3 3/8") long x 45mm (1 3/4”) wide,
ovate shaped, serrate edges, acute tips, rounded bases. Veins, stems
& branches are green. PARENTAGE: ‘Bicentennial’ x ‘Prince Syray’.
Medium upright. Makes good basket or upright. Prefers overhead
filtered light. Best bloom & foliage color in filtered light. Tested
14 years in Herpen, The Netherlands.
Fuchsia Nieuwigheden Certificering. Distinguished by flower color. |