AFS description: ‘Herps
Vulkaan’ – No
8456 (Waldenmaier 2014) Single. Upright. COROLLA:
quarter flared; smooth petal margins, round shape; opens &
matures pink (49A), dark orange (41A) base; 14mm (9/16") long x 14mm
(9/16") wide. SEPALS are half down, tips reflexed; light orange
(41C) upper surface; peach (37B) lower surface; 25mm (1") long x
10mm (3/8") wide. TUBE is light orange (41C); medium length, thick;
30mm (1 3/16”) long x 9mm (5/16”) wide. STAMENS extend 5mm (3/16”)
beyond the corolla; light orange (41C) filaments; very pale orange
(19D) anthers. PISTIL extends 10mm (3/8”) beyond the corolla; pink
(48D) style; very pale orange (19D) stigma. BUD is elongated.
FOLIAGE is dark green (137A) upper surface; medium green (138B)
lower surface. Leaves are 70mm (2 3/4”) long x 60mm (2 3/8”) wide,
ovate shaped, serrate edges, acute tips, rounded bases. Veins, stems
& branches are green. PARENTAGE: [(tetraploid) F. splendens x
(tetraploid) F. fulgens Gesneriana] x ‘Waternymph’. 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
flower color. |