AFS description: ‘Herps
Vuursteen’ – No
8460 (Waldenmaier 2014) Single. Upright. COROLLA:
quarter flared; smooth petal margins, round shape; opens &
matures orange (32A); 15mm (9/16") long x 15mm (9/16") wide. SEPALS
are half down, tips recurved; rose (47C) upper surface; light orange
(32C) lower surface; 21mm (13/16") long x 9mm (5/16") wide. TUBE is
rose (47C); medium length & thickness; 25mm (1”) long x 7mm (1/4”)
wide. STAMENS extend 1mm (1/16”) beyond the corolla; light orange
(32D) filaments; light yellow (5C) anthers. PISTIL extends 20mm
(3/4”) beyond the corolla; pale pink (49D) style; light yellow (5C)
stigma. BUD is elongated. FOLIAGE is dark green (137A) upper
surface; medium green (138A) lower surface. Leaves are 95mm (3 3/4”)
long x 65mm (2 9/16”) 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’. Tall upright. Makes good upright. Prefers overhead
filtered light. Best bloom & foliage color in bright light. Tested 4
years in Herpen, The Netherlands. Fuchsia Nieuwigheden Certificering.
Distinguished by combination of flower color. |