‘Purple Janus’

Name	Synonym of	Register number	Applicant
'Purple Janus'		SRL-Sch-2020-0005	Vera Shekh

Hybridizer	Country	Hybridizer reference	Name giver
unknown	Brazil		Vera Shekh / Miranda van Heden

Name year	Group	Growth habit	Seedling/Sport
2020	TRUN	upright	sport

Pod parent	Pollen parent	Pollination year	Color
pod parent unknown			purple

Flower class	Flower form	Color composition	Flower size
	zygomorphic	white_purple_white	S

Petal form	Recurved	Stamen color	Style color
ovoid	no	white	purple

Fruit color	Fruit edged	Flower description	Clades color
color unknown	yes	6-7 cm. in length, 4-5 cm. in width. Colouration is either a solid deep fuchsia or chimeric exhibiting a harlequin pattern of deep fuchsia and white on petals. This can be coloured margins, broad bands and some solid coloured petals on a mainly white flower. Harlequin flower are larger and exhibit an open form. The solid coloured flowers are slightly smaller and exhibit more recurve. Stamens are pale yellow. Styles are white on harlequin flowers and solid magenta on the solid coloured flowers. Stigmas are white on both flower colourations.

Clades size	Phylloclades form	Reference	Comments
L	dentate	SRL Registration	this is a very unique cultivar. The almost square phylloclades have attractive curved horn-like dentation on the apex and also on the sides. Some phylloclades are almost crenate in form.The colour variation exhibited by the flowers and the attractive growth pattern makes this a deserving addition to any collection. Unfortunately, the original cultivar source of this ‘sport’ has not been determined. The origin is Brazil. It was found in 2015 by a flower breeder in the region of Londrina, Paraná. The multicolor part of the plant was selected for propagation and in 2017 material was sold in the Mandirituba metropolitan region of Curitiba, by a flower producer from Ceasa. Is was called 'bicolor' at that time. The name 'Bicolor Brasil' is used in Brazil.

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