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Registration Ref. #163 (31/8/2010)<br />

Cultivar Name P. 'Arabesque'<br />

Originator Maurizio Vecchia (Italy)<br />

Parentage P. ‘Aurora’ (♀) × P. sublanceolata (♂)<br />

Description Stem round, hirsute; flowers 9.5cm in diameter, no fragrance;<br />

petals and sepals pink; outer corona filaments short, white at<br />

base, purple at apex; leaves three-lobed, hirsute 11cm long x<br />

9cm wide, margin denticulate; petiole 3cm with numerous<br />

glands; peduncle 8cm; bracts 2cm, 3-4 pinnatisect. Flowering<br />

period June to October. First flowered in 2009. Minimum<br />

temperature 10C. The female parent is a hybrid of P. foetida and<br />

P. sublanceolata. Name refers to the shape of the bracts.

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