AFS description: ‘Herps
Tuimelaar’ – No
8454 (Waldenmaier 2014) Double. Upright. COROLLA:
quarter flared; smooth petal margins, round shape; opens &
matures rose (52B); 16mm (5/8") long x 20mm (3/4") wide. SEPALS are
half down, tips reflexed; rose (50B) upper surface; rose (43C) lower
surface; 24mm (15/16") long x 13mm (1/2") wide. TUBE is rose (47C);
medium length & thickness; 14mm (9/16”) long x 9mm (5/16”) wide.
STAMENS extend 5mm (3/16”) beyond the corolla; light pink (49B)
filaments; rose (48B) anthers. PISTIL extends 10mm (3/8”) beyond the
corolla; light pink (49B) style; light yellow (5C) stigma. BUD is
bulbous. FOLIAGE is dark green (137A) upper surface; medium green
(138A) lower surface. Leaves are 120mm (4 3/4”) long x 45mm (1 3/4”)
wide, ovate shaped, serrate edges, acute tips, rounded bases. Veins,
stems & branches are green. PARENTAGE: [(tetraploid) F. splendens
x (tetraploid) F. fulgens Gesneriana] x ‘Wendy van Wanten’.
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 flower color & shape. |