‘Red Fingers’
| Name | Synonym of | Register number | Applicant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Red Fingers' | SRL-Rhi-XXXX-196 |
| Hybridizer | Country | Hybridizer reference | Name giver |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Morris | Australia | Edwin B. Hoare |
| Name year | Group | Growth habit | Seedling/Sport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pod parent | Pollen parent | Pollination year | Color |
|---|---|---|---|
| R. rosea | R. × graeseri with large red flowers | orange |
| Color temperature sensitive | Flower length | Flower width | Petal form |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recurved | Stamen color | Style color | Fruit color |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit edged | Flower description | Phylloclades length | Phylloclades width |
|---|---|---|---|
| deep orange red. Flowers are 6 cm. in length, 6 cm. in width. Petals are long and narrow with acute to pointed tips. Frontal view petal count is 14. The deep red-orange stigma has 5 long white stigma lobes. Filaments are deep orange red with red-violet ends. Ovary is 1.2 cm., yellowish green with a reddish hue, 5 ridges on a funnel to bell shape. |
| Reference | Comments | Grower | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meier 1995; E.B. Hoare Notes: B1-12 | phylloclades are up to 8 cm. in length and up to 4 cm. in width with 4 - 5 areoles per side within small crenations. Pale yellowish 1 cm. long bristles present in straight linear (apex) and lateral (side) areoles. Segments have a red-purple edge. |