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Double Delight
- Tube color : cream
- Sepal color : cream
- Corolla color : mineral violet (HCC 635/2) outer petals,center petals a darker shade
- Flower : double
- Habitus : upright
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : cream
- Tube shape : short, medium thick
- Tube dimensions :
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : cream
- Sepal color lower : creped cream
- Sepal shape : fully up
- Sepal tips : green recurved
- Sepal dimensions : 44mm long x 10mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : mineral violet (HCC 635/2) outer petals,center petals a darker shade
- Corolla mature color :
- Corolla shape : square
- Corolla silhouette : half flared
- Petal margins : smooth
- Corolla dimensions : 25mm long x 38mm wide
- Petaloid color :
- Petaloid dimensions :
STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : 25mm below corolla
- Filaments : pale pink
- Anthers : brown
- Pistil : 38mm below corolla
- Style : white
- Stigma : cream
- Pedicel :
- Ovary :
- Nectary :
MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : double
- Flower size :
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- Flower bud : Pointed
- Habit : upright
- Branching :
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- Light/Climate : overhead filtered light in a cool climate
- Optimal light conditions : filtered light
- Remarks : easy to grow in most conditions
- Named : plant has double corolla
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- Year (of registration) : 1987
- Year of introduction :
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- Breeder (or finder) : Sharpe/Proffit
- Introducer :
- City :
- Country : New Zealand
- Tested : 3 years near Mt. Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealand
- Distinguished by : pleated corolla with outer petals turned up and inner petals turned under
- AFS : 2085
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FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : sage green (861)
- Foliage color lower side : slightly lighter (861/1)
- Leaf dimensions : 51mm long
- Leaf shape : cordate
- Leaf margin : serrulate (finely toothed)
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : cordate
- Pubescence :
- Veins : green
- Stems : green
- Branches : pink
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