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La Belle Hélène
- Tube color : red (53C)
- Sepal color : red (53C)
- Corolla color : pale pink (56D), reddish purple (66A) base
- Flower : semidouble
- Habitus : upright
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : red (53C)
- Tube shape : short & thick
- Tube dimensions : 13mm long x 8mm wide
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : red (53C)
- Sepal color lower : red (52A)
- Sepal shape : horizontal
- Sepal tips : recurved
- Sepal dimensions : 30mm long x 15mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : pale pink (56D), reddish purple (66A) base
- Corolla mature color : pale lavender (65D)
- Corolla shape :
- Corolla silhouette : half flared
- Petal margins : turned under smooth petal margins
- Corolla dimensions : 20mm long x 21mm wide
- Petaloid color : pale pink (56D), reddish purple (66A) base
- Petaloid dimensions : 17mm long x 16mm wide
STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : extend 34mm beyond the corolla
- Filaments : reddish purple (61B)
- Anthers : reddish purple (70B)
- Pistil : extends 56mm beyond the corolla
- Style : magenta (57B)
- Stigma : light magenta (57D)
- Pedicel :
- Ovary :
- Nectary :
MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : semidouble
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- Flower bud : nut shaped
- Habit : upright
- Branching : self branching
- Hardiness:
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- Suitable as : good upright
- Light/Climate : overhead filtered light. Heat tolerant if shaded. Cold weather hardy to 2° C (36° F)
- Optimal light conditions : filtered light
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- Year (of registration) : 2015
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- Breeder (or finder) : Ricard Bernard
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- Country : Belgium
- Tested : 8 years in Herstal Liege, Belgium
- Distinguished by : bloom color combination
- AFS : 8560
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FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : dark green (147A)
- Foliage color lower side : medium green (146A)
- Leaf dimensions : 56mm long x 29mm wide
- Leaf shape : cordate
- Leaf margin : serrate (coarsely toothed)
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : rounded
- Pubescence :
- Veins : green
- Stems : green
- Branches : red
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