John Wright

  • Tube color : dark rose (64C)
  • Sepal color : reddish purple (64B)
  • Corolla color : reddish purple (64B)
  • Flower : single
  • Habitus : upright/trailing

Description

TUBE

  • Tube color : dark rose (64C)
  • Tube shape : long & thin
  • Tube dimensions : 38mm long x 5mm wide

SEPALS

  • Sepal color upper : reddish purple (64B)
  • Sepal color lower : reddish purple (64B)
  • Sepal shape : fully up
  • Sepal tips : recurved
  • Sepal dimensions : 17mm long x 4mm wide

COROLLA

  • Corolla opening color : reddish purple (64B)
  • Corolla mature color : dark reddish purple (61A)
  • Corolla shape :
  • Corolla silhouette : half flared
  • Petal margins : smooth
  • Corolla dimensions : 14mm long x 6mm wide
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STAMENS and PISTIL

  • Stamens : 6mm below corolla
  • Filaments : rose (64D)
  • Anthers : very pale orange (19D)
  • Pistil : 3mm below corolla
  • Style : dark reddish purple (61A)
  • Stigma : dark rose (64C)
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MISCELLANEOUS

  • Flower : single
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  • Flower bud : long tubed, ovate
  • Habit : upright/trailing
  • Branching : self branching
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  • Suitable as : basket
  • Light/Climate : full sun, heat tolerant if shaded
  • Optimal light conditions : bright light
  • Remarks : Award of Merit, VKC, Aalsmeer, tribute to John Wright who died in 1997, and who first created the aubergine colour breakthrough in 1980 with Whiteknight’s Amethyst
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  • Year (of registration) : 2001
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  • Breeder (or finder) : de Graaff Herman J.
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  • Country : The Netherlands
  • Tested : 5 years in Lisse, The Netherlands
  • Distinguished by : Blooms year around, cross of six species, unique boliviana-shaped flowers growing in dense terminal clusters
  • AFS : 4732
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  • NKvF : 4031
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FOLIAGE

  • Foliage color upper side : yellowish green (146B)
  • Foliage color lower side : yellowish green (146C)
  • Leaf dimensions : 91mm long x 27mm wide
  • Leaf shape : lanceolate
  • Leaf margin : serrulate (finely toothed)
  • Leaf tip : acute
  • Leaf base : acute
  • Pubescence :
  • Veins : yellow green
  • Stems : reddish yellow green
  • Branches : reddish

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