Sonia - Passion Flowers
Sonia - Passion Flowers
Sonia - Passion Flowers
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Registration Ref. #126 (6/8/2008)<br />
Cultivar Name P. 'Poppet'<br />
Originator Myles Irvine (United Kingdom)<br />
Parentage P. ‘White Wedding’ (♀) × P. 'Mini Lamb' (♂)<br />
Description Stems green maturing to light maroon; flowers 10cm in<br />
diameter, fragrant, reflexing; petals pale lilac on both surfaces;<br />
sepals green on abaxial surface with 5mm long light maroon<br />
claw-like awn; adaxial surface green/off-white; two rows of offwhite<br />
outer corona filaments 6.5cm in diameter; inner corona<br />
filaments dark lilac; androgynophore and anther filaments green<br />
with light maroon speckling, some pollen present on anthers;<br />
styles green with dark maroon speckles; leaves 3 to 5-lobed, up<br />
to 11.5cm long x 17cm wide; petiole 4cm; 4-8 petiole glands,<br />
2mm long in staggered pairs; peduncle up to 8cm; bracts 2cm x<br />
1cm; stipules 4cm x 2cm with 3-4mm awns. Minimum<br />
temperature probably -5°C. Flowering period June to<br />
November. Named after Linda Grover, a friend of the breeder.<br />
The female parent is a tetraploid hybrid of P. caerulea<br />
‘Constance Eliott' and P. eichleriana. The male parent is a<br />
hybrid of P. 'Purple Haze' and P. loefgrenii 'Corupa'.