AFS
description:
‘Herps Witkar’
– No 7716 (Waldenmaier 2011) Double. Upright/Trailer. COROLLA: half
flared, round shape, smooth petal margins; opens & matures dark reddish
purple (61A); 20mm (3/4") long x 18mm (11/16") wide. PETALOIDS: dark
reddish purple (61A) with white spots on edges; 10mm (3/8”) long x 8mm
(5/16”) wide. SEPALS: half up, tips recurved up; dark rose (67C) upper
surface; reddish purple (66B) lower surface; 25mm (1") long x 8mm
(5/16”) wide. TUBE: rose (67D); medium length, thin; 16mm (5/8”) long x
4mm (1/8”) wide. STAMENS extend 5mm (3/16”) beyond the corolla; dark
reddish purple (61A) filaments; dark reddish purple (62A) anthers.
PISTIL extends 25mm (1”) beyond the corolla; reddish purple (66B) style;
pink (62A) stigma. BUD: Globular. FOLIAGE: dark green (137A) upper
surface; medium green (137B) lower surface. Leaves are 70mm (2 3/4")
long x 25mm (1”) wide, elliptic shaped, serrate edges, acute tips, acute
bases. Veins & branches are red, stems are green. PARENTAGE: ‘Herps
Parachute’ x ‘Huet’s Ametrien’. Lax upright or stiff trailer. Makes good
basket. Prefers overhead filtered light. Best bloom & foliage color in
filtered light. Tested 3 years in Herpen, The
Netherlands. Fuchsia Nieuwigheden Certificering. Distinguished by
flower color. |