‘Falling Stars’

 

Name	Synonym of	Register number	Applicant
'Falling Stars'		SRL-Rhi-2026-004	Michael J. Viray

Hybridizer	Country	Hybridizer reference	Name giver
Michael J. Viray	USA	HBXAb#4	Michael J. Viray

Name year	Group	Growth habit	Seedling/Sport
2025	GRAE	upright	seedling

Pod parent	Pollen parent	Pollination year	Color
'Heartbreaker'	'Aberdeen'	2017	purple

Flower class	Color composition	Flower size	Petal form
	purple_purple_purple	S	lanceolate

Recurved	Stamen color	Style color	Fruit color
no	white	purple	yellow

Fruit edged	Flower description	Clades color	Clades size
yes	small flowers with light mauve petals which have darker mid-stripe and light edges. A few petals are narrow and slightly rolled in. The petal base and floral tube is dark mauve. Petal tips are acutely pointed throughout. The white stigma extends beyond the yellow anther cluster. The ovary receptacle appears green, lightly flushed with reddish.		M

Reference	Comments	Grower	Distributor
ICRA Registration	medium-sized phylloclades are light to medium green, with a noticeable reddish to purplish flush along the margins and areoles. Margins are crenate, with rounded, scalloped lobes along each margin toward the apex. Areole notches appear shallow. Bristles appear short and fine, sparsely present at the areoles. The plant exhibits an upright growth habit.	Michael J. Viray	Michael J. Viray