Sonia - Passion Flowers
Sonia - Passion Flowers
Sonia - Passion Flowers
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Registration Ref. #043 (12/01/2005)<br />
Cultivar Name P. 'Purple-heart'<br />
Originator John Vanderplank (United Kingdom)<br />
Parentage P. amethystina São Sebastião (-) × P. amethystina (/)<br />
Description Flower 7.5cm in diameter, unscented, early flowers with six<br />
petals and sepals; sepals and petals purple, deeper in colour than<br />
either parent; short sepal awn; corona filaments 6cm in<br />
diameter, purple, darker towards centre; bracts 2cm x 1.1cm;<br />
leaves three-lobed, 10cm x 12cm; petiole 5cm; four petiole<br />
glands; stipules reniform, 4cm x 1.5cm; peduncle 14-16cm.<br />
Named after the deep purple wood from Peltogyne sp. used in<br />
furniture manufacture. The male parent is the form commonly<br />
known as "long peduncle". Minimum temperature 5C.