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Cairo
- Tube color : rose (58C) striped magenta (58B)
- Sepal color : dark rose (54B) tipped green
- Corolla color : dark red purple (61A) splashed red (53B)
- Flower : double
- Habitus : upright
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : rose (58C) striped magenta (58B)
- Tube shape : medium
- Tube dimensions : 18mm long x 10mm wide
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : dark rose (54B) tipped green
- Sepal color lower : magenta (58B) tipped white
- Sepal shape : horizontal
- Sepal tips : recurved
- Sepal dimensions : 70mm long x 18mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : dark red purple (61A) splashed red (53B)
- Corolla mature color : dark red purple (64A)/rose (68B)
- Corolla shape : bell shape
- Corolla silhouette : one quarter flared
- Petal margins : wavy turned under
- Corolla dimensions : 30mm long x 30mm wide
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STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : 7mm below corolla
- Filaments : dark red purple (60A)
- Anthers : very dark red purple (186A)
- Pistil : 30mm below corolla
- Style : light rose (58D)
- Stigma : peach 33D)
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MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : double
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- Flower bud : Ovate
- Habit : upright
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- Light/Climate : overhead filtered light in a cool to warm climate, heat tolerant if shaded
- Optimal light conditions : filtered light
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- Year (of registration) : 1994
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- Breeder (or finder) : Southall Ivan
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- Country : Australia
- Tested : 4 years in Healesville, Victoria, Australia, introduced by Naambar Nurseries
- Distinguished by : bloom shape, ease of growth
- AFS : 3179
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FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : medium green (137C)
- Foliage color lower side : medium green (146A)
- Leaf dimensions : 80mm long x 50mm wide
- Leaf shape : cordate
- Leaf margin : serrulate (finely toothed)
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : cordate
- Pubescence :
- Veins : red, green
- Stems : red purple
- Branches : red purple
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