‘Laterne’

Name	Synonym of	Register number	Applicant
'Laterne'		SRL-Sch-XXXX-0598

Hybridizer	Country	Hybridizer reference	Name giver
Alfred Gräser	Germany

Name year	Group	Growth habit	Seedling/Sport
	RUSS		seedling

Pod parent	Pollen parent	Pollination year	Color
pod parent unknown	pollen parent unknown		purple

Flower class	Flower form	Color composition	Flower size

Petal form	Recurved	Stamen color	Style color

Fruit color	Fruit edged	Flower description	Clades color
		symmetrical, pendant flowers are red purple (RHS 63A) changing to silvery white, flushed with a purple red (RHS 78B) at the base. McMillan & Horobin (page 109) cite the overall color as a variable ruby ranging from RHS 60A to RHS 64A. Flower length is 5.7 - 6.4 cm. with a diameter of 7.6 cm. Pink filaments support greyish, pollen coated anthers. A dark magenta-red style with dark magenta-pink stigma extends well beyond the anthers.

Clades size	Phylloclades form	Reference	Comments
	crenate	Gartenwelt 58: 55–56 with photo; Wisley	dull, dark green, flat, crenate phylloclades are 5 cm. - 5.7 cm. in length. Growth habit is compact, yet pendant.

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