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Sonia - Passion Flowers

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Registration Ref. #080 (19/01/2007)<br />

Cultivar Name P. 'Blowback'<br />

Originator Henk Wouters (Netherlands) and David Potter (USA)<br />

Parentage P. ×exoniensis (+) × P. umbilicata (0)<br />

Description Vine glabrous, vigorous; flowers 12cm in diameter, reflexing,<br />

no fragrance, peduncles upright 5-6cm; petioles 5-6 cm; leaves<br />

three-lobed up to 12cm x 15cm; petals and sepals red, outer<br />

corona filaments dark purple at base, white to apex; fruit similar<br />

to that of female parent, flavour undetermined. Grown at the<br />

San Francisco Botanical Gardens (Strybing) from seed produced<br />

by Henk Wouters in 2003. First flowered in September 2005.<br />

<strong>Flowers</strong>, which appear throughout year, are characteristic of<br />

male parent, but larger. Foliage resembles female parent. Not<br />

thought to be self- fertile, but sets fruit with pollen from other<br />

species in Supersection Tacsonia. Tolerates light frosts.

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