Description
TUBE
- Tube color : light rose (50C)
- Tube shape : short thick
- Tube dimensions : 13mm long x 7mm wide
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : pink (62A) shading to cream at tip
- Sepal color lower : creped light rose (58D)
- Sepal shape : fully up
- Sepal tips : recurved
- Sepal dimensions : 44mm long x 19mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : light red purple (66C)/light magenta (66D)
- Corolla mature color :
- Corolla shape : short flat tight
- Corolla silhouette : no flare
- Petal margins : wavy
- Corolla dimensions : 19mm long x 19mm wide
- Petaloid color :
- Petaloid dimensions :
STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : 19mm below corolla
- Filaments : dark rose (54A)
- Anthers : dark red purple (60C)
- Pistil : 38mm below corolla
- Style : light rose (68D)
- Stigma : light pink (38C)
- Pedicel :
- Ovary :
- Nectary :
MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : double
- Flower size :
- Flower display :
- Flower bud : Short fat
- Habit : upright
- Branching : self branching
- Hardiness:
- Height :
- Suitable as :
- Light/Climate : overhead filtered light to full sun in a warm climate, cold weather hardy to 25°F
- Optimal light conditions : filtered light
- Remarks :
- Named : after plains in the east of North Island, NZ
- Synonyms :
- Lookalikes :
- Year (of registration) : 1996
- Year of introduction :
- Year of hybridisation :
- Breeder (or finder) : Sharpe Robert (Bob)/Sweetman Ted
- Introducer :
- City :
- Country : New Zealand
- Tested : 7 years in Wellington, New Zealand
- Distinguished by : corolla shape, nonfading bloom color
- AFS : 3455
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- BFS :
- Parentage : Enid Carter X Snowfire
FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : dark green (137A)
- Foliage color lower side : medium green (138B)
- Leaf dimensions : 76mm long x 44mm wide
- Leaf shape : cordate
- Leaf margin : wavy
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : cordate
- Pubescence :
- Veins : red
- Stems : red
- Branches : red