AFS description: ‘Herps
Zuurstok’ – No
8468 (Waldenmaier 2014) Single. Upright. COROLLA:
unflared; smooth petal margins, round shape; opens & matures
light purple (75B), rose (52C) base; 16mm (5/8") long x 17mm (5/8")
wide. SEPALS are half up, tips recurved up; light yellowish green
(154C) upper surface; light pink (38D) lower surface; 30mm (1 3/16")
long x 13mm (1/2") wide. TUBE is peach (38B); short & thick; 16mm
(5/8") long x 9mm (5/16”) wide. STAMENS extend 10mm (3/8”) beyond
the corolla; light rose (73B) filaments; light yellowish orange
(19C) anthers. PISTIL extends 20mm (3/4”) beyond the corolla; light
rose (75D) style; yellow (10C) stigma. BUD is oblong. FOLIAGE is
dark green (137A) upper surface; medium green (138A) lower surface.
Leaves are 80mm (3 3/16”) long x 55mm (2 3/16”) wide, ovate shaped,
serrate edges, acute tips, rounded bases. Veins, stems & branches
are green. PARENTAGE: [(tetraploid) F. splendens x (tetraploid)
F. fulgens Gesneriana] x ‘Torville and Dean’. 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. |