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Touch of Gold
- Tube color : varies seasonally from cream to dark rose (48A) lined light rose (73C)
- Sepal color : white (155D) textured pink, edged pink, turned up edges
- Corolla color : pale purple (88D)/pale purple (87D)/pale rose (73D)
- Flower : double
- Habitus : upright/trailing
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : varies seasonally from cream to dark rose (48A) lined light rose (73C)
- Tube shape : medium
- Tube dimensions : 12mm long x 7mm
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : white (155D) textured pink, edged pink, turned up edges
- Sepal color lower : creped dark rose (55A)/white
- Sepal shape : horizontal
- Sepal tips : light apple green (144D) recurved
- Sepal dimensions : 55mm long x 18mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : pale purple (88D)/pale purple (87D)/pale rose (73D)
- Corolla mature color :
- Corolla shape : bell shape
- Corolla silhouette : half flared
- Petal margins : turned under and up toothed
- Corolla dimensions : 30mm long x 30mm wide
- Petaloid color : same color as corolla
- Petaloid dimensions : 15mm long x 10mm wide
STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : 5mm below corolla
- Filaments : light red purple (73A)
- Anthers : light yellow (8C)
- Pistil : 30mm below corolla
- Style : light pink (49C)
- Stigma : light yellow (12C)
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MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : double
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- Flower bud : Ovate
- Habit : upright/trailing
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- Light/Climate : filtered light, cool to warm climate, heat tolerant if shaded
- Optimal light conditions : filtered light, bright light
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- Year (of registration) : 1997
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- Breeder (or finder) : Southall Ivan
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- Country : Australia
- Tested : 7 years in Healesville, Victoria, Australia
- Distinguished by : bloom and foliage color
- AFS : 3729
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FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : yellow green (144A), maturing to medium green (137B)
- Foliage color lower side : yellow green (146C), maturing to yellow green (146C)
- Leaf dimensions : 75mm long x 45mm wide
- Leaf shape : ovate
- Leaf margin : serrate (coarsely toothed)
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : rounded
- Pubescence :
- Veins : green
- Stems : pale red
- Branches : pale red
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