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Charles Kingsford Smith
- Tube color : light apple green (145C)
- Sepal color : pink (55C)
- Corolla color : red (47B)/very dark purple (187A), coral (37A) at base
- Flower : double
- Habitus : upright/trailing
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : light apple green (145C)
- Tube shape : short thick
- Tube dimensions : 15mm long x 10mm wide
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : pink (55C)
- Sepal color lower : ridged pink (55C)
- Sepal shape : fully up
- Sepal tips : thin reflexed green
- Sepal dimensions : 65mm long x 25mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : red (47B)/very dark purple (187A), coral (37A) at base
- Corolla mature color : rose (47C)
- Corolla shape : bell shape
- Corolla silhouette : fully flared
- Petal margins : turned under
- Corolla dimensions : 40mm long x 90mm wide
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STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : 20mm below corolla
- Filaments : rose (55B
- Anthers : dark red purple (60A)
- Pistil : 35mm below corolla
- Style : pink/orange red (34B)
- Stigma : yellow (10B)
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MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : double
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- Flower bud : Long ovate
- Habit : upright/trailing
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- Light/Climate : overhead filtered light, cool to warm climate, cold weather hardy to -4°C
- Optimal light conditions : filtered light
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- Year (of registration) : 1998
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- Breeder (or finder) : Southall Ivan
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- Country : Australia
- Tested : 6 years in Healesville, Victoria, Australia
- Distinguished by : bloom color and size
- AFS : 4012
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FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : dark green (137A)
- Foliage color lower side : medium green (147B)
- Leaf dimensions : 90mm long x 55mm wide
- Leaf shape : cordate
- Leaf margin : serrate (coarsely toothed)
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : cordate
- Pubescence :
- Veins : red, green
- Stems : red
- Branches : red
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