Schlumbergera Hybrid

‘Raining Violets’

NameSynonym ofRegister numberApplicant
'Raining Violets'SRL-Sch-XXXX-1027
HybridizerCountryHybridizer referenceName giver
Dolly KölliUSADolly Kölli
Name yearGroupGrowth habitSeedling/Sport
1987ORSSseedling
Pod parentPollen parentPollination yearColor
'Cape Cod'S. orssichiana1984purple
Flower classFlower formColor compositionFlower size
white_white_purple
Petal formRecurvedStamen colorStyle color
Fruit colorFruit edgedFlower descriptionClades color
bicolor, shocking pink with lavender hints and white centers having yellow showing on the reverse sides of lower tepals and occasionally on the faces. This trait is occasionally seen in other Queens (Horobin). Flower length 9.6–10.2 cm. Petal count is 22. Extra petaloids found along the fat, strongly bent tubes above 4–5-angled narrow ovaries. Pale pinkish-white filaments, yellow anthers and pollen with a fuchsia stigma hidden among anthers. Pods ripen whitish pink.
Clades sizePhylloclades formReferenceComments
McM&H 1995: 113; Dorsch & Tropper 2018sibling to 'Sugarplum'. Was named for its color and weeping habit. Cross done using 60 day old frozen pollen.
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