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Ethel May Lester
- Tube color : red (53B)
- Sepal color : red (53B)
- Corolla color : purple (83A), dark rose (51A) at base veined red (53B)
- Flower : double
- Habitus : upright
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : red (53B)
- Tube shape : short thin
- Tube dimensions : 10mm long x 5mm wide
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : red (53B)
- Sepal color lower : rose (51B)
- Sepal shape : fully up
- Sepal tips : recurved
- Sepal dimensions : 22mm long x 13mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : purple (83A), dark rose (51A) at base veined red (53B)
- Corolla mature color : reddish purple (74A)
- Corolla shape :
- Corolla silhouette : Slightly half flared
- Petal margins : turned up smooth
- Corolla dimensions : 29mm long x 16mm wide
- Petaloid color : the same color as corolla
- Petaloid dimensions : 10mm long x 7mm wide
STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : 10-13mm below corolla
- Filaments : dark rose (51A)
- Anthers : light yellow
- Pistil : 32mm below corolla
- Style : dark rose (51A)
- Stigma : dark rose (51A)
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MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : double
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- Flower bud : Ovoid
- Habit : upright
- Branching : self branching
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- Light/Climate : prefers full sun
- Optimal light conditions : bright light
- Remarks : Easy to grow and propagate
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- Year (of registration) : 1990
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- Breeder (or finder) : Holmes Ron
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- Country : United Kingdom
- Tested : 4 years in Edenbridge, Kent, England UK
- Distinguished by : foliage/bloom contrast, small growing double
- AFS : 2529
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FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : dark green (137A)
- Foliage color lower side : lighter
- Leaf dimensions : 32mm long x 16mm wide
- Leaf shape : lanceolate
- Leaf margin : serrate (coarsely toothed)
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : rounded
- Pubescence :
- Veins : light green
- Stems : dull red
- Branches : dull red
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