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Sonia - Passion Flowers

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Registration Ref. #030 (9/10/2004)<br />

Cultivar Name P. eichleriana 'Mauro Peixoto'<br />

Originator Axel Frank (Germany)<br />

Parentage (selection of species)<br />

Description <strong>Flowers</strong> 7-8cm in diameter; corona filaments: two outer series<br />

white and blue 2.4cm long and four white inner series; Petals 3.0<br />

x 1.3cm, white; sepals 3.7 x 1.6cm, white upper surface, green on<br />

edges and lower surface with 1cm awn; bracts 1.8-2.2 x 1.4-<br />

1.9cm; peduncle up to 5cm; stipules dentate 2.2 x 1.4cm; leaves<br />

three-lobed, 7-9 x 8-11.5cm; three pairs of petiole glands. Named<br />

after Mauro Peixoto, who discovered this variant at São Sebastião,<br />

Brazil. It differs from the normal pure white species in having<br />

thinner corona filaments with a blue coloration; it is not selffertile.

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