‘Firefly’

 

Name	Synonym of	Register number	Applicant
'Firefly'		SRL-Rhi-2026-002	Michael J. Viray

Hybridizer	Country	Hybridizer reference	Name giver
Michael J. Viray	USA	HBXAb#2	Michael J. Viray

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

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

Flower class	Color composition	Flower size	Petal form
	yellow_pink_purple	M	lanceolate

Recurved	Stamen color	Style color	Fruit color
no	white	red	color unknown

Fruit edged	Flower description	Clades color	Clades size
yes	medium-sized flowers. Petals display a warm yellow to orange center, radiating outward into pink, intensifying to magenta-pink toward the petal edges. Deep yellow petals with dark magenta edges lighten after a day. Petals are long, narrow, and evenly spaced, forming a symmetrical star. All petals appear similar in shape and width. Petal tips are acutely pointed throughout. Pollen is yellow. Anthers are yellow. The stigma appears light-colored (white to very pale pink) just past the anther cluster. The ovary receptacle is light green.		M

Reference	Comments	Grower	Distributor
ICRA Registration	medium-sized phylloclades are light to medium green. Margins appear crenate, with rounded scallops. Areole notches appear shallow. Phylloclades appear flat, with gently rounded outlines. Plant appears pendant to slightly cascading.	Michael J. Viray	Michael J. Viray