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Gerharda´s Sofie
- Tube color : cream (158D)
- Sepal color : white (155B)
- Corolla color : purple (83B), lighter at base
- Flower : single
- Habitus : upright
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : cream (158D)
- Tube shape : medium length, thin
- Tube dimensions : 14mm long x 4mm wide
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : white (155B)
- Sepal color lower : white blushed pale rose (73D)
- Sepal shape : horizontal
- Sepal tips : light green recurved
- Sepal dimensions : 31mm long x 6mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : purple (83B), lighter at base
- Corolla mature color : red purple (71B), lighter at base
- Corolla shape : oval
- Corolla silhouette : one quarter flared
- Petal margins : turned under smooth to ±wavy
- Corolla dimensions : 20mm long x 13mm wide
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STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : 3mm below corolla
- Filaments : pale rose (73D)
- Anthers : pale purple (186D)
- Pistil : 19mm below corolla
- Style : pale rose/light red purple (73D-A)
- Stigma : cream (11D)
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MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : single
- Flower size : medium
- Flower display :
- Flower bud : Narrow ovate pointed
- Habit : upright
- Branching : self branching
- Hardiness: H2
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- Light/Climate : overhead filtered light in a cool climate, heat tolerant if shaded
- Optimal light conditions : filtered light
- Remarks : Award of Merit, VKC Aalsmeer, The Netherlands
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- Year (of registration) : 1993
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- Breeder (or finder) : de Graaff Herman J.
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- Country : The Netherlands
- Tested : 4 years in Lisse, The Netherlands
- Distinguished by : bloom color in this bloom shape
- AFS : 3068
- NBFK :
- NKvF : 2844
- BFS :
FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : dark green (147A)
- Foliage color lower side : medium green (147B)
- Leaf dimensions : 54mm long x 17mm wide
- Leaf shape : elliptic
- Leaf margin : serrate (coarsely toothed)
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : acute
- Pubescence :
- Veins : light yellow green
- Stems : light yellow green
- Branches : red purple shaded yellow green
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