AFS description: ‘Herps
Weerlicht’ – No
8462 (Waldenmaier 2014) Single. Upright. COROLLA:
quarter flared; smooth petal margins, round shape; opens &
matures orange (33B); 14mm (9/16") long x 14mm (9/16") wide. SEPALS
are half down, tips reflexed; yellowish white (4D) upper & lower
surfaces; 25mm (1") long x 10mm (3/8") wide. TUBE is orange (40C);
medium length, thick; 25mm (1”) long x 10mm (3/8”) wide. STAMENS
extend 5mm (3/16”) beyond the corolla; pink (37C) filaments; light
yellow (10D) anthers. PISTIL extends 15mm (9/16”) beyond the
corolla; pink (37C) style; light yellow (10D) stigma. BUD is
elongated. FOLIAGE is dark green (137A) upper surface; medium green
(138A) lower surface. Leaves are 95mm (3 3/4”) long x 70mm (2 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 ‘Waternymph’. 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
sepal color & vigorous growth. |