‘Chiba Opal’

Name	Synonym of	Register number	Applicant
'Chiba Opal'		SRL-Sch-XXXX-0219

Hybridizer	Country	Hybridizer reference	Name giver
Hiroshi Mitsuhashi	Japan		Hiroshi Mitsuhashi

Name year	Group	Growth habit	Seedling/Sport
1999	EXOT		seedling

Pod parent	Pollen parent	Pollination year	Color
(S. opuntoides x S. orssichiana)	pollen parent unknown		pink

Flower class	Flower form	Color composition	Flower size

Petal form	Recurved	Stamen color	Style color
		white	red

Fruit color	Fruit edged	Flower description	Clades color
		short tubed flowers have a bright fuchsia margin that lines the edge of petals, suffusing lighter in the upper centers. Flowers exhibit large white throats (pink in cooler temperatures). Backs of petals have the same fuchsia and white color pattern. Petals are narrow and acutely pointed. Buds at 0.5 cm. are a bright purple pink. Larger buds are a bright red-purple. Stamens are white, and the short style and stigma are a bright magenta.

Clades size	Phylloclades form	Reference	Comments
		JPVRS 8071	segments are medium in length, 3 - 4 sided with 4-5 small, raised blunt dentations (bumps) along the margins. Plant has a semi-cascading growth habit.

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