‘Dark Queen’
Photo: Ruud Tropper 
Photo: Ruud Tropper
| Name | Synonym of | Register number | Registrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Dark Queen' | SRL-Sch-XXXX-0295 |
| Hybridizer | Country | Hybridizer reference | Name giver |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruud Tropper | Netherlands |
| Name year | Type | Growth habit | Seedling/Sport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q | seedling |
| Pod parent | Pollen parent | Pollination year | Color |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. orssichiana | yellow flowering S. truncata | cherry-red |
| Color temperature sensitive | Flower form | Flower length | Flower width | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petal form | Recurved | Stamen color | Style color |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit color | Fruit edged | Flower description | Phylloclades length |
|---|---|---|---|
| free flowering, experimental F2 plant from a cross of siblings. Sibling to 'White Quill'. Repeat bloomer with white flowers infused with pink if grown cool. Hint of a central stripe. Up to 23 petals, bottom heavy (longer lower tepals encircle the upper corolla petals). Flower length 7.4 cm. Tube light pink, slightly bent above 4-angled ovary. Elongated pistil, filaments cream to yellow, anthers yellow. Multiple blooms per segment, flowers closing at night. |
| Phylloclades width | Phylloclades form | Reference | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| dark pinkish-coral Queen-type flowers suffusing lighter toward the centre. A beautiful sibling of 'Barbara Lenie', 'Frony' and 'Merel'. Yellow flush on the back of tepals. The yellow influence is less noticeable than other siblings from this cross. |
| Grower | Distributor |
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