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Zulu King
- Tube color : red purple (61B)
- Sepal color : red purple (61B)
- Corolla color : between dark and very dark purple (86A-187A)
- Flower : single
- Habitus : trailing
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : red purple (61B)
- Tube shape : medium thickness, long
- Tube dimensions : 20mm long x 4mm wide
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : red purple (61B)
- Sepal color lower : red purple (66B)
- Sepal shape : half down
- Sepal tips : recurved
- Sepal dimensions : 30mm wide x 5.5mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : between dark and very dark purple (86A-187A)
- Corolla mature color : very dark purple (187A)
- Corolla shape : long slender
- Corolla silhouette : no flare
- Petal margins : ±toothed
- Corolla dimensions : 18mm long x 15mm wide
- Petaloid color :
- Petaloid dimensions :
STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : extend 18mm below corolla
- Filaments : red purple (61B)
- Anthers : purple (71A)
- Pistil : 30mm below corolla
- Style : red purple (61B)
- Stigma : dark red purple (61A)
- Pedicel :
- Ovary :
- Nectary :
MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : single
- Flower size : medium
- Flower display : hanging
- Flower bud : Long narrow
- Habit : trailing
- Branching : self branching
- Hardiness: H2
- Height :
- Suitable as :
- Light/Climate : filtered light, heat tolerant if shaded
- Optimal light conditions : filtered light
- Remarks : Award of Merit, VKC Aalsmeer, The Netherlands
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- Year (of registration) : 1991
- Year of introduction :
- Year of hybridisation :
- Breeder (or finder) : de Graaff Herman J.
- Introducer :
- City :
- Country : The Netherlands
- Tested : 4 years in Lisse, The Netherlands
- Distinguished by : corolla color and bloom shape
- AFS : 2868
- NBFK :
- NKvF : 3017
- BFS :
FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : medium green (137B)
- Foliage color lower side : light olive green (147C)
- Leaf dimensions : 75mm long x 23mm wide
- Leaf shape : lanceolate
- Leaf margin : slightly serrulate (finely toothed)
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : acute
- Pubescence :
- Veins : red purple to green
- Stems : red purple
- Branches : red purple to green
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