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Lorraine´s Delight
- Tube color : crimson
- Sepal color : neyron rose
- Corolla color : a blend of fushsia/cyclamen purple (67A/74B), magenta (66A) and carmine (52B)
- Flower : double
- Habitus : trailing
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : crimson
- Tube shape : medium
- Tube dimensions : 17mm x8mm
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : neyron rose
- Sepal color lower : crimson
- Sepal shape : fully up
- Sepal tips : light yellow green (149C) recurved which roll one under the other on maturity
- Sepal dimensions : 55mm long x 26mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : a blend of fushsia/cyclamen purple (67A/74B), magenta (66A) and carmine (52B)
- Corolla mature color : cyclamen purple/bishops violet (74A/81A) with shades of crimson and carmine (52A/B/C) and magenta veins
- Corolla shape : bell shape
- Corolla silhouette : three quarter flared
- Petal margins : smooth to wavy, pleated, folded and a little over- lapping
- Corolla dimensions : 40mm long x 50-70mm wide
- Petaloid color : smooth to wavy, pleated, folded and a little overlapping, color of mature corolla
- Petaloid dimensions : up to 25mm long x up to 15mm
STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : 25mm below corolla
- Filaments : crimson
- Anthers : cyclamen purple
- Pistil : 50mm below corolla
- Style : white to crimson
- Stigma : cream
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MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : double
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- Flower bud : Long tapering
- Habit : trailing
- Branching : self branching
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- Suitable as : basket
- Light/Climate : Heat tolerant if shaded in a cool to warm climate. Cold weather hardy to 22ºF
- Optimal light conditions :
- Remarks : take sun to 90ºF, very heavy bloomer
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- Year (of registration) : 1985
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- Breeder (or finder) : Richardson Noel
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- Country : Australia
- Tested : 3 1/2 years in Montrose, Australia
- Distinguished by : vivid bloom colors, foliage turning more golden green in direct sun with veining more dark red
- AFS : 1807
- NBFK :
- NKvF : 2685
- BFS :
FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : scheeles green (144A) toward stem, lettuce green (144B) on remainder
- Foliage color lower side : light green (144C)
- Leaf dimensions : 101mm x 50 mm
- Leaf shape : ovate
- Leaf margin : serrate (coarsely toothed)
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : rounded
- Pubescence :
- Veins : red
- Stems : red
- Branches : red
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