AFS description: ‘Herps
Vuurbol’ – No
8457 (Waldenmaier 2014) Single. Upright. COROLLA:
quarter flared; smooth petal margins, round shape; opens &
matures orange (33B); 11mm (7/16") long x 11mm (7/16") wide. SEPALS
are half down, tips reflexed; pink (37C) upper surface; orange (33C)
lower surface; 22mm (7/8") long x 10mm (3/8") wide. TUBE is peach
(37B); medium length & thickness; 24mm (15/16”) long x 8mm (5/16”)
wide. STAMENS extend 3mm (1/8”) beyond the corolla; peach (33D)
filaments; light yellowish orange (19C) anthers. PISTIL extends 15mm
(9/16”) beyond the corolla; light pink (36C) style; light yellow
(3C) stigma. BUD is acorn shape. FOLIAGE is dark green (137A) upper
surface; medium green (138A) lower surface. Leaves are 95mm (3 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
‘Lord Lonsdale’. 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. |