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Registration Ref. #137 (26/1/2009)<br />

Cultivar Name P. 'Padre Pio'<br />

Originator Raoul and Patrizia Vranken-Smeets (Belgium)<br />

Parentage P. ‘Annette’ (♀) × P. caerulea ‘Pierre Pomie’ (♂)<br />

Description Stem angular; flowers 8-9cm in diameter, no fragrance; petals<br />

purple/pink on adaxial surface; sepals green on abaxial surface,<br />

purple on adaxial surface, becoming white/green at tip with<br />

sepal awn; peduncle 4cm; corona filaments in 6 rows, curled,<br />

purple/pink at base, white to apex; leaves three-lobed, 14 x<br />

20cm; petiole 3cm; 2 petiole glands; bracts 1 x 2cm. Flowering<br />

period June – October. Minimum temperature 5C. Named after<br />

an Italian Saint. The female parent is a hybrid of P. ‘Kew<br />

Gardens’ and P. racemosa.

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