AFS description: ‘Herps
Sering’ – No
8248 (Waldenmaier 2013) Single. Upright. COROLLA:
three quarter flared, bell shaped, smooth petal margins;
opens & matures pale lavender (65D); 4mm (1/8”) long x 4mm (1/8”)
wide. SEPALS are half up, tips recurved up; pale lavender (65D)
upper & lower surfaces; 7mm (1/4") long x 3mm (1/8") wide. TUBE is
pale lavender (65D); short, thin; 8mm (5/16") long x 2mm (1/16”)
wide. STAMENS extend 1mm (1/16”) beyond the corolla; pale lavender
(65D) filaments; white (155C) anthers. PISTIL extends 5mm (3/16”)
beyond the corolla; pale lavender (65D) style; pink (62B) stigma.
BUD is narrow. FOLIAGE is dark green (137A) upper surface; medium
green (138A) lower surface. Leaves are 110mm (4 3/8") long x 50mm
(2") wide, ovate shaped, serrate edges, acute tips, acute bases.
Veins are green, stems & branches are red. PARENTAGE: [(tetraploid)
F. cylindracea x (tetraploid) F. paniculata] x [(tetraploid)
F. cylindracea x (tetraploid) F. paniculata]. 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
pink upright flowers. |