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Aurora Australis
- Tube color : greenish white (157A)
- Sepal color : white flushed light rose (±50C)
- Corolla color : red/greyed rose/light orange
- Flower : double
- Habitus : upright
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : greenish white (157A)
- Tube shape : medium
- Tube dimensions : 20mm long x 8mm wide
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : white flushed light rose (±50C)
- Sepal color lower : creped pink (62A)
- Sepal shape : half down
- Sepal tips : green recurved
- Sepal dimensions : 50mm long x 18mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : red/greyed rose/light orange
- Corolla mature color : slightly lighter
- Corolla shape : globular
- Corolla silhouette : one quarter flared
- Petal margins : turned under
- Corolla dimensions : 35mm long x 35mm wide
- Petaloid color :
- Petaloid dimensions :
STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : 30mm below corolla
- Filaments : pink (62A)
- Anthers : light red purple (185D)
- Pistil : 35mm below corolla
- Style : pink (62A)
- Stigma : light greyish orange (171D)
- Pedicel :
- Ovary :
- Nectary :
MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : double
- Flower size :
- Flower display :
- Flower bud : Domed cone shaped
- Habit : upright
- Branching :
- Hardiness:
- Height : 40
- Suitable as :
- Light/Climate : overhead filtered light in a cool to warm climate, heat tolerant if shaded
- Optimal light conditions : filtered light
- Remarks :
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- Year (of registration) : 1994
- Year of introduction :
- Year of hybridisation :
- Breeder (or finder) : Southall Ivan
- Introducer :
- City :
- Country : Australia
- Tested : 4 years in Healesville, Victoria, Australia, introduced by Naambar Nursery
- Distinguished by : bloom color and size
- AFS : 3178
- NBFK :
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- BFS :
FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : dark green (137A), immature foliage flushed red purple (59B)
- Foliage color lower side : olive green (148A)
- Leaf dimensions : 70mm long x 45mm wide
- Leaf shape : cordate
- Leaf margin : serrate (coarsely toothed)
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : cordate
- Pubescence :
- Veins : red
- Stems : red, green
- Branches : green
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