Dutch Firebird (Firebird)

  • Tube color : rhodonite red (51B)
  • Sepal color : rhodonite red (51A)
  • Corolla color : tyrian purple (57A)
  • Flower : single
  • Habitus : trailing

Description

TUBE

  • Tube color : rhodonite red (51B)
  • Tube shape : long & thin
  • Tube dimensions : 35mm x 5mm

SEPALS

  • Sepal color upper : rhodonite red (51A)
  • Sepal color lower : claret red (540A)
  • Sepal shape : half up
  • Sepal tips :
  • Sepal dimensions : 35mm long x 11mm wide

COROLLA

  • Corolla opening color : tyrian purple (57A)
  • Corolla mature color :
  • Corolla shape :
  • Corolla silhouette : one quarter flared
  • Petal margins : smooth edged overlapping petals
  • Corolla dimensions : 21mm long x 24mm wide
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STAMENS and PISTIL

  • Stamens : 15mm below corolla
  • Filaments : neyron rose (58C)
  • Anthers : pale yellow (4D)
  • Pistil : 55mm below corolla
  • Style : ney- ron rose
  • Stigma : light yellow (8C)
  • Pedicel :
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MISCELLANEOUS

  • Flower : single
  • Flower size :
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  • Flower bud : Long ovate
  • Habit : trailing
  • Branching :
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  • Suitable as : basket
  • Light/Climate : filtered light in a cool climate
  • Optimal light conditions : filtered light
  • Remarks : Award of Merit (VKC, Holland). Fast grower
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  • Year (of registration) : 1985
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  • Breeder (or finder) : de Graaff Herman J.
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  • Country : The Netherlands
  • Tested : 4 years in Lisse, Holland, Netherlands
  • Distinguished by : very profuse blooms, to 7 blooms per axil
  • AFS : 1925
  • NBFK :
  • NKvF : 1518
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FOLIAGE

  • Foliage color upper side : olive green (146A)
  • Foliage color lower side : light olive green (146B)
  • Leaf dimensions : 80mm x 50mm
  • Leaf shape : ovate
  • Leaf margin : serrate (coarsely toothed)
  • Leaf tip : acute
  • Leaf base : rounded
  • Pubescence :
  • Veins : light green blushed red
  • Stems : light brown
  • Branches : green blushed red

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