‘Rita’ [Ellery]

 

Name	Synonym of	Register number	Applicant
'Rita' [Ellery]		SRL-Sch-XXXX-0351

Hybridizer	Country	Hybridizer reference	Name giver
Des & Merriel Ellery	Australia

Name year	Group	Growth habit	Seedling/Sport
	TRUN		seedling

Pod parent	Pollen parent	Pollination year	Color
S. truncata var. delicata	'Ben'		purple

Flower class	Flower form	Color composition	Flower size

Petal form	Recurved	Stamen color	Style color

Fruit color	Fruit edged	Flower description	Clades color
		solid lavender mauve with lighter center. Tubes are mauve pink. Elliptical petals are mildly tipped. Stamens are white on the lower half suffusing to a pink tint on the upper portions. The long style is magenta red with a magenta-pink stigma. Stigma is carried well beyond the anthers.

Clades size	Phylloclades form	Reference	Comments
		CSJNSW September 1990; Süpplie 2020; SRL Team	phylloclades have 2-3 small, forward facing dentations per marginal edge. Basal dentations are rudimentary. Areole notches are shallow. Renamed by Frank Süpplie to avoid problems with the ICNCP since a 'Rita' previously existed.

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