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Richelieu
- Tube color : rose (47C) striped red (47B)
- Sepal color : red (47B)
- Corolla color : dark purple (79B), red purple (71B) at base
- Flower : double
- Habitus : upright
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : rose (47C) striped red (47B)
- Tube shape : medium
- Tube dimensions : 16mm long x 7-9mm wide
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : red (47B)
- Sepal color lower :
- Sepal shape : fully up
- Sepal tips : recurved
- Sepal dimensions : 40mm long x 17mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : dark purple (79B), red purple (71B) at base
- Corolla mature color : dark red purple (72A), rose (63C) at base
- Corolla shape :
- Corolla silhouette : three quarter flared
- Petal margins : smooth
- Corolla dimensions : 22mm long x 40mm wide
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STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : 25mm below corolla
- Filaments : rose (68B)
- Anthers : red purple (186B)
- Pistil : 30mm below corolla
- Style : rose (68B)
- Stigma : light yellow (11C)
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MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : double
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- Flower bud : Ovate to round
- Habit : upright
- Branching :
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- Light/Climate : overhead filtered light in a cool climate
- Optimal light conditions : filtered light
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- Year (of registration) : 1996
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- Breeder (or finder) : Massé René
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- Country : France
- Tested : 4 years in Pornic, France
- Distinguished by : profuse blooms
- AFS : 3557
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FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : dark green (137A)
- Foliage color lower side : medium green (139C)
- Leaf dimensions : 55mm long x 38mm wide
- Leaf shape : ovate
- Leaf margin : serrulate (finely toothed)
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : rounded
- Pubescence :
- Veins : yellow green
- Stems : yellow green, light brown
- Branches : light brown
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