‘Lucille Ball’

 

Name	Synonym of	Register number	Applicant
'Lucille Ball'		SRL-Sch-2025-0052	Frank Süpplie

Hybridizer	Country	Hybridizer reference	Name giver
Frank Süpplie	Netherlands	S-A 06-158	Frank Süpplie

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

Pod parent	Pollen parent	Pollination year	Color
'Athena'	'Eprics Star'	2005	pink

Flower class	Flower form	Color composition	Flower size
	zygomorphic	yellow_pink_pink	S

Petal form	Recurved	Stamen color	Style color
elliptic	yes	white	red

Fruit color	Fruit edged	Flower description	Clades color
color unknown	yes	the small flowers have a white base, shading into orange at the center and deepening to dark Small pink flowers with white petal bases and throats. The central part of the flower petals is cream white turning into yellowish after 3rd day. Margins exhibit dark pink line edging. Petals curved back after the first day. Petal tips are acutely pointed. Pollen is yellow. Pink stigma just past the anther cluster. Variety is freely flowering.

Clades size	Phylloclades form	Reference	Comments
M	dentate	ICRA Registration	small to middle sized phylloclades are green with 2-3 teeth along each margin to apex. Named after Lucille Ball. She was a great lover of flowers and plants, with Schlumbergera sometimes appearing in the background.

Grower	Distributor
Frank Süpplie	www.schlumbergera.eu