‘Ruud’

 

Name	Synonym of	Register number	Applicant
'Ruud'		SRL-Sch-2026-0018	Vera Shekh

Hybridizer	Country	Hybridizer reference	Name giver
Ruud Tropper	Netherlands		Vera Shekh

Name year	Group	Growth habit	Seedling/Sport
2026	ORSS	pendant	seedling

Pod parent	Pollen parent	Pollination year	Color
S. orssichiana K2	S. orssichiana	2019	pink

Flower class	Flower form	Color composition	Flower size
	zygomorphic	white_white_pink	XL

Petal form	Recurved	Stamen color	Style color
elliptic	no	white	purple

Fruit color	Fruit edged	Flower description	Clades color
green	yes	extra large flowers with white throats and petal bases suffusing very pale pink (mid petal color), deep rose-pink to magenta apexes and margins. Petals elongate to lanceolate with pointed to acute apexes. Floral tube white flushed light pink. Prominent corolla ring is clear visible. Anthers are yellow, with abundant pollen. Stigma deep pink to magenta, sits inside the anther cluster. Ribbed ovary receptacle is green.

Clades size	Phylloclades form	Reference	Comments
L	flat dentated	ICRA Registration	large medium green phylloclades have 1-3 forward-facing dentations along each margin and an occasional distinct terminal dentation at the apex. Flat phylloclades have pronounced midribs. The overall plant has arching then pendant growth habit. Derived from a cross of two Schlumbergera orssichiana parents and showing typical orssichiana-type floral characteristics. Named in honour of Ruud Tropper for his important contribution to making Schlumbergera orssichiana and other Schlumbergera cultivars more accessible to enthusiasts.

Grower	Distributor
Vera Shekh	Vera Shekh