Schlumbergera Hybrid

‘Satellite’

 

NameSynonym ofRegister numberApplicant
'Satellite'SRL-Sch-XXXX-1163
HybridizerCountryHybridizer referenceName giver
Des & Merriel ElleryAustralia
Name yearGroupGrowth habitSeedling/Sport
TRUNseedling
Pod parentPollen parentPollination yearColor
pod parent unknownpollen parent unknownpurple
Flower classFlower formColor compositionFlower size
Petal formRecurvedStamen colorStyle color
Fruit colorFruit edgedFlower descriptionClades color
bright magenta flowers are white from bases to lower centers. Petals are broad, elliptical with nearly blunt to acute tips. Lower petals are smaller, narrower. Tubes are white. Stamens are white. A magenta-red style supports a magenta pink stigma carried well above the anthers. Des Ellery described this cultivar as slightly larger than 'Galaxy'.
Clades sizePhylloclades formReferenceComments
SRL Team; Des Ellery Card; McM&H 1995: 137medium green phylloclades with 3 small forward facing dentations along each margin. Areole notches are shallow. First flowering 1986. Growth habit described as good. Noted to be a large grower.
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