‘Il Padre’

 

Name	Synonym of	Register number	Applicant
'Il Padre'		SRL-Sch-2026-0032	Frank Süpplie

Hybridizer	Country	Hybridizer reference	Name giver
Frank Süpplie	Netherlands		Frank Süpplie

Name year	Group	Growth habit	Seedling/Sport
2026	TRUN	upright	seedling

Pod parent	Pollen parent	Pollination year	Color
'Thor Zenia'	'Amethist Queen'	2018	red

Flower class	Flower form	Color composition	Flower size
	zygomorphic	pink_red_red	XS

Petal form	Recurved	Stamen color	Style color
elliptic	no	white	red

Fruit color	Fruit edged	Flower description	Clades color
color unknown	yes	extra small vivid cerise-red flowers with lighter rose-pink throats softly blending into the petal bases. Petal centers are intense crimson-pink, deepening slightly toward the apexes and margins. Quilled petals are narrow, elongated, and acutely pointed. The floral tube is deep pink to cerise-red with lighter pink shading near the throat. A bright pink stigma extends well beyond the pale cream anther cluster.

Clades size	Phylloclades form	Reference	Comments
S	flat dentated	ICRA Registration; Epric: The Directory of Species and Hybrids (2026)	small, shiny green phylloclades have 1–2 teeth along each margin toward the apex, with occasionally 1–2 small bristles present on the upper areoles. The overall plant has upright growth habit. The name is Italian and translates into English as “The Father.” A prolific bloomer with the main flowering period occurring in October–November, followed by a secondary bloom in April.

Grower	Distributor
Frank Süpplie	www.schlumbergera.eu; Triple Aqua Licensing