AFS
description:
‘Herps Saar’
– No 8246 (Waldenmaier 2013) Single. Upright. COROLLA:
quarter flared, bell shaped, smooth petal margins; opens dark
purple (79A); matures dark reddish purple (64A); 18mm (11/16”) long x
30mm (1 3/16”) wide. SEPALS are half up, tips recurved up; white (155A),
reddish purple (186B) spots, upper & lower surfaces; 30mm (1 3/16") long
x 13mm (1/2") wide. TUBE is white (155A) striped reddish purple (186B);
short, thin; 8mm (5/16") long x 4mm (1/8”) wide. STAMENS extend 10mm
(3/8”) beyond the corolla; pink (62A) filaments; violet (77B) anthers.
PISTIL extends 18mm (11/16”) beyond the corolla; rose (67D) style;
yellowish white (4D) stigma. BUD is bulbous. FOLIAGE is dark green
(137A) upper surface; medium green (138A) lower surface. Leaves are 55mm
(2 3/16") long x 35mm (1 3/8") wide, ovate shaped, wavy edges, acute
tips, rounded bases. Veins, stems & branches are green. PARENTAGE: ‘La
Campanella’ x ‘Herps Toverslag’. 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 erect flower & contrast of white sepals
with very dark purple corolla.
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