‘Helmut Paetzold’

 

Name	Synonym of	Register number	Applicant
'Helmut Paetzold'		SRL-Sch-2026-0056	Frank Süpplie

Hybridizer	Country	Hybridizer reference	Name giver
Frank Süpplie	Netherlands		Frank Süpplie

Name year	Group	Growth habit	Seedling/Sport
2005	TRUN	pendant	seedling

Pod parent	Pollen parent	Pollination year	Color
'Thor Alice'	'Lorna Doone'	2000	red

Flower class	Flower form	Color composition	Flower size
	zygomorphic	white_orange_red	S

Petal form	Recurved	Stamen color	Style color
elliptic	yes	white	pink

Fruit color	Fruit edged	Flower description	Clades color
color unknown	yes	small orange-red to salmon-red flowers. Petal bases and throat white, gradually blending into a light salmon-red flush toward the middle of the petals, with deeper orange-red apexes and margins. Petal tips acute to pointed. The petals become recurved after approximately two days. Floral tube white, very lightly flushed with pale pink. Stigma bright magenta-pink, extending just beyond the cream to pale yellow anther cluster. Ovary receptacle light green.

Clades size	Phylloclades form	Reference	Comments
S	flat dentated	ICRA Registration; Supplie F., Erstbeschreibung Weihnachtskaktus 'Helmut Paetzold' hybrid.nov., Berliner Kakteenblätter 5: 2-3, 2005	small green phylloclades with 2–3 dentations along each margin toward the apex. Phylloclades flat with straight margins. Growth habit compact and upright when young, becoming pendant with maturity. Named in honor of Helmut Paetzold (1931–2016), a well-known Epiphyllum grower from Berlin, Germany, and a good friend of the hybridizer. The cultivar was presented to him at the Berliner Kakteentage in 2005 during the 75th anniversary celebration of Kakteenverein Berlin. At the same event, Helmut Paetzold was honored by DKG President Barbara Ditsch.

Grower	Distributor
Frank Süpplie	www.schlumbergera.eu; Triple Aqua Licensing