AFS description: ‘Herps
Vierwieler’
– No 8680 (Waldenmaier 2016)
Single.
Upright. COROLLA: half flare, round shape, smooth petal margins;
opens purple (77A); matures reddish purple (71B); 17mm (5/8") long x
25mm (1") wide. SEPALS are half up, tips recurved up; white (155C)
upper & lower surfaces; 22mm (7/8") long x 10 (3/8") wide. TUBE is
white (155C); short & thick; 7mm (1/4”) long & wide. STAMENS extend
10mm (3/8”) beyond the corolla; reddish purple (74B) filaments &
purple (71A) anthers. PISTIL extends 20mm (3/4”) beyond the corolla;
light rose (73C) style & pale yellow (5D) stigma. BUD is bulbous.
FOLIAGE is dark green (137A) upper surface; medium green (138A)
lower surface. Leaves are 45mm (1 3/4") long x 25mm (1") wide, ovate
shaped, serrate edges, acute tips, rounded bases. Veins, stems &
branches are green. PARENTAGE: ‘Herps Saar’ x ‘Herps Peddel’. 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 with horizontal to up-facing blooms. |