‘Opal Glow’
Photo: Charmaine Harper 
Photo: Charmaine Harper 
Photo: Charmaine Harper 
Photo: Charmaine Harper
| Name | Synonym of | Register number | Applicant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Opal Glow' | SRL-Sch-XXXX-0911 |
| Hybridizer | Country | Hybridizer reference | Name giver |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Knight | Australia |
| Name year | Group | Growth habit | Seedling/Sport |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRUN | seedling |
| Pod parent | Pollen parent | Pollination year | Color |
|---|---|---|---|
| pod parent unknown | pollen parent unknown | red |
| Flower class | Flower form | Color composition | Flower size |
|---|---|---|---|
| white_red_red |
| Petal form | Recurved | Stamen color | Style color |
|---|---|---|---|
| white | red |
| Fruit color | Fruit edged | Flower description | Clades color |
|---|---|---|---|
| upper petals deep magenta pink with bright magenta to silvery magenta-pink faces. Lower petals with rosy red reverses. Lower petals are redder with a bright magenta hue to petal faces and orange mid stripes. Very orange reverse to rearmost petals/sepals. Petals are obovate with broad bases and acute tips. Filaments and tube are pale silvery magenta pink. Flower length 7 cm. Upper width 5.5 cm., lower width 6 cm. Tube length 3 cm. Ovary receptacle 1 cm., five ribbed to angled, opaque dull pale bronze green. Reverse umbrella shaped flowers. Blooms late June to mid August (Australia). Note: 1) Almost identical to cv. 'Woodgate'. 2) Almost identical, but more reflexed than cv. 'Coppersheen'. |
| Clades size | Phylloclades form | Reference | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| E.B. Hoare, CSJNSW June 1987: 10-11; E.B. Hoare Notes: A5-5; E.B. Hoare Notes: A6-2-2 - A6-2-3; McM&H 1995: 135 | large, open straight grower with a trailing habit. Plant growth and color identical to cv. 'Allegro', but flower is paler without rhodamine hue on upper petal faces. Also known as 'Opal Hybrid', 'Opal Gem' & 'Opal Perfection'. |
| Grower | Distributor |
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