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Scarlet Jester
- Tube color : dark red (53A)
- Sepal color : dark red (53A)
- Corolla color : dark rose (51A)
- Flower : single
- Habitus : upright/trailing
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : dark red (53A)
- Tube shape : long, thin
- Tube dimensions : 42mm long x 4mm wide
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : dark red (53A)
- Sepal color lower : red (53B)
- Sepal shape : half down
- Sepal tips : reflexed
- Sepal dimensions : 17mm long x 6mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : dark rose (51A)
- Corolla mature color : dark rose (51A)
- Corolla shape :
- Corolla silhouette : no flare
- Petal margins : wavy
- Corolla dimensions : 11mm long x 10mm wide
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STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : 5mm below corolla
- Filaments : rose (51B)
- Anthers : orange (19A)
- Pistil : 12mm below corolla
- Style : red (53D)
- Stigma : orange (34C)
- Pedicel :
- Ovary :
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MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : single
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- Flower bud : long, triphylla type
- Habit : upright/trailing
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- Suitable as : basket or upright
- Light/Climate : full sun, cool climate
- Optimal light conditions : bright light
- Remarks : Nominated by NKvF as recommendable cultivar, flowering is proliferous and continues until the start of the winter, very heat tolerant
- Named : the name Scarlet Jester is inspired by the famous English snooker player Mark Selby, also nicknamed “The Jester of Leicester”
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- Year (of registration) : 2011
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- Breeder (or finder) : de Cooker Mario
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- Country : The Netherlands
- Tested : 7 years in Ohé en Laak, The Netherlands
- Distinguished by : flower shape & color
- AFS : 7655
- NBFK :
- NKvF : 4881
- BFS :
FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : dark green (137A)
- Foliage color lower side : medium green (137C)
- Leaf dimensions : 77mm long x 39mm wide
- Leaf shape : elliptic
- Leaf margin : serrulate (finely toothed)
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : rounded
- Pubescence : yes
- Veins : light green
- Stems : reddish
- Branches : reddish
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