Marlene Gilbee

  • Tube color : light neyron rose (55C) with a light green stripe
  • Sepal color : neyron rose and white
  • Corolla color : bishops violet (81A) edged spectrum violet (82B)
  • Flower : double
  • Habitus : upright/trailing
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Description

TUBE

  • Tube color : light neyron rose (55C) with a light green stripe
  • Tube shape : short, medium thick
  • Tube dimensions : 15mm x 5mm

SEPALS

  • Sepal color upper : neyron rose and white
  • Sepal color lower : neyron rose and white
  • Sepal shape : half down
  • Sepal tips : light green recurved
  • Sepal dimensions : 70-75mm x 20mm wide

COROLLA

  • Corolla opening color : bishops violet (81A) edged spectrum violet (82B)
  • Corolla mature color : imperial purple (78A) edged neyron rose (55B, C) with touches of white
  • Corolla shape : bell shape
  • Corolla silhouette : one quarter flared
  • Petal margins :
  • Corolla dimensions : 50mm long x 50mm wide
  • Petaloid color : same color as corolla
  • Petaloid dimensions : 20mm long x 10mm wide

STAMENS and PISTIL

  • Stamens : 15mm below corolla
  • Filaments : light fuchsia purple (67C)
  • Anthers : light fuchsia purple (67C)
  • Pistil : 30mm below corolla
  • Style : roseine purple (68C)
  • Stigma : roseine purple (68C)
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MISCELLANEOUS

  • Flower : double
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  • Flower bud : Very large, S are an inverted pear shape
  • Habit : upright/trailing
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  • Suitable as : basket, upright or standard
  • Light/Climate : filtered light but is heat tolerant if shaded in a cool or warm climate. Cold weather hardy to -6ºC (22ºF), does not like direct hot sun
  • Optimal light conditions : bright to filtered light
  • Remarks : Needs support for heavy blooms if grown as a shrub
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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 3/4 years in Montrose, Australia
  • Distinguished by : sepals do not split open to base of tube, large globular plentiful blooms
  • AFS : 1808
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  • NKvF : 6173
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FOLIAGE

  • Foliage color upper side : medium green
  • Foliage color lower side : slightly lighter
  • Leaf dimensions : 110mm x 50mm
  • Leaf shape : lanceolate
  • Leaf margin : serrate (coarsely toothed)
  • Leaf tip : acute
  • Leaf base : rounded
  • Pubescence :
  • Veins : main is half red, half green with lateral green
  • Stems : red
  • Branches : red

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