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Pura Vida
Tube color : white (155D) & light pink (62C)
Sepal color : light pink (62C)
Corolla color : purple (71A)
Flower : semidouble
Habitus : upright/trailing
Description
TUBE
Tube color : white (155D) & light pink (62C)
Tube shape : long, medium thickness
Tube dimensions : 35mm long x 6mm wide
SEPALS
Sepal color upper : light pink (62C)
Sepal color lower : magenta (57C)
Sepal shape : half up
Sepal tips : recurved up
Sepal dimensions : 51mm long x 18mm wide
COROLLA
Corolla opening color : purple (71A)
Corolla mature color : dark reddish purple (64A)
Corolla shape : bell shaped
Corolla silhouette : one quarter flared
Petal margins : turned up petal margins
Corolla dimensions : 38mm long x 29mm wide
Petaloid color : purple (71A)
Petaloid dimensions : 38mm (1 1/2) long x 34mm (1 3/8) wide
STAMENS and PISTIL
Stamens : extend 23mm beyond the corolla
Filaments : dark rose (55A)
Anthers : dark gray (201C)
Pistil : extends 23mm beyond the corolla
Style : dark rose (55A)
Stigma : white (155D)
Pedicel :
Ovary :
Nectary :
MISCELLANEOUS
Flower : semidouble
Flower size : medium
Flower display : hanging
Flower bud : longish
Habit : upright/trailing
Branching : Self branching
Hardiness:
Height :
Suitable as : upright, standard or decorative
Light/Climate : Prefers overhead filtered light, warm climate. Heat tolerant if shaded
Optimal light conditions : Best bloom & foliage color in bright light
Remarks :
Named : the name Pura Vida is actually a saying in Costa Rica and means translated: pure life. But it also stands for greeting as well as for saying goodbye, thanks or that things are going well.
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Year (of registration) : 2017
Year of introduction :
Year of hybridisation : 2012
Breeder (or finder) : Schütt Hartwig
Introducer :
City : Cuxhaven
Country : Germany
Tested : 2 years in Cuxhaven, Germany
Distinguished by : corolla & sepal color contrast
AFS : 8747
NBFK :
NKvF :
BFS :
FOLIAGE
Foliage color upper side : dark green (137A)
Foliage color lower side : medium green (138B)
Leaf dimensions : 82mm long x 45mm wide
Leaf shape : lanceolate
Leaf margin : serrulate (finely toothed)
Leaf tip : acute
Leaf base : rounded
Pubescence :
Veins : dark green (137A)
Stems : light green (139D)
Branches : tan (166C)
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