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Bess ´n´ Ben
- Tube color : magenta (57B)
- Sepal color : magenta (57B)
- Corolla color : purple (71A)
- Flower : semidouble
- Habitus : upright/trailing
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : magenta (57B)
- Tube shape : medium
- Tube dimensions : 14mm long x 5mm wide
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : magenta (57B)
- Sepal color lower : red purple (66B)
- Sepal shape : fully up
- Sepal tips : recurved
- Sepal dimensions : 38mm long x 13mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : purple (71A)
- Corolla mature color : red purple (71B)
- Corolla shape :
- Corolla silhouette : one quarter flared
- Petal margins : smooth
- Corolla dimensions : 17mm long x 17mm wide
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STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : 13-19mm below corolla
- Filaments : red purple (66B)
- Anthers : purple (77A)
- Pistil : 38mm below corolla
- Style : magenta (67B)
- Stigma : yellow white (158A)
- Pedicel :
- Ovary :
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MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : semidouble
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- Flower bud : Pointed
- Habit : upright/trailing
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- Light/Climate : overhead filtered light, warm climate
- Optimal light conditions : filtered light
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- Year (of registration) : 1998
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- Breeder (or finder) : Drapkin Ida
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- Country : United States
- Tested : 3 years in Rancho Palos Verdes, California USA
- Distinguished by : bloom color
- AFS : 4045
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FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : medium green (146A)
- Foliage color lower side : yellow green (147C)
- Leaf dimensions : 64mm long x 38mm wide
- Leaf shape : ovate
- Leaf margin : serrate (coarsely toothed)
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : rounded
- Pubescence :
- Veins : magenta (58B)
- Stems : red purple (58A)
- Branches : red purple (58A)
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