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Sonia - Passion Flowers

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Registration Ref. #129 (22/8/2008)<br />

Cultivar Name P. 'Blütegeist'<br />

Originator David Costen (United Kingdom)<br />

Parentage P. incarnata (♀) × P. 'Jutta' (♂)<br />

Description Vine glabrous, flowers 8cm in diameter, androgynophore held<br />

horizontally, partly reflexing, fragrant; free pollen visible on<br />

anthers; sepals white, 2.5cm long with 0.5cm awn; petals white,<br />

3.0cm long; corona filaments 8cm in diameter in 6 series, outer<br />

series banded purple and white, curly at apex, inner series<br />

mauve at base to pale lavender at apex; leaves 3-lobed, pale<br />

green, membranous, serrated 11cm wide x 10 cm long; stipules<br />

linear-lanceolate, serrated, 0.5cm; petiole 5cm with 2 glands 1/3<br />

from leaf base; peduncle 5cm; bracts not contiguous, 1cm round<br />

with glands. The male parent is a hybrid of P. umbilicata and P.<br />

tucumanensis. The flower shows a strong influence from P.<br />

tucumanensis.

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