‘George French’

 

Name	Synonym of	Register number	Applicant
'George French'		SRL-Sch-2026-0078	Frank Süpplie

Hybridizer	Country	Hybridizer reference	Name giver
Frank Süpplie	Netherlands		Frank Süpplie

Name year	Group	Growth habit	Seedling/Sport
2021	ORSS	upright	seedling

Pod parent	Pollen parent	Pollination year	Color
'Beervelde'	'Proud Tina'	2015	pink

Flower class	Flower form	Color composition	Flower size
	zygomorphic	white_pink_pink	L

Petal form	Recurved	Stamen color	Style color
elliptic	yes	white	purple

Fruit color	Fruit edged	Flower description	Clades color
color unknown	yes	large flowers with vivid magenta-pink petals. Petal bases and throats white, blending into pale pink across the mid-petal area and deepening to bright magenta-pink toward the margins and apexes. Petals exhibit a soft satin sheen. Petal tips pointed and reflexing. Floral tube silvery white. Corolla ring visible, white. Pollen pale yellow. Anthers cream to pale yellow. Stigma light pink, extending well beyond the anther cluster. Stigma lobes not spreading. Ovary receptacle light green.

Clades size	Phylloclades form	Reference	Comments
XL	flat dentated	ICRA Registration; F. Süpplie: Schlumbergera ‘George French ’hybr. nov, Epi News, SDES, No.: 4, page 17, 2021.	extra-large, flat, dark green phylloclades with up to three dentations on each margin and a distinctly visible midrib. Overall plant upright in habit. Easy to cultivate. One of the few Schlumbergera × eprica hybrids. Madeleine and George French were well known in the epiphytic cactus community, with George producing many outstanding Epiphyllum hybrids. His success was made possible by the support of his wife, Madeleine, who assisted him in his hybridizing work. George French passed away on 11 August 2009 at the age of 94. The hybridizer named this cultivar in his honour.

Grower	Distributor
Frank Süpplie	www.schlumbergera.eu; Triple Aqua Licensing; San Diego Epiphyllum Society (SDES)