‘Soft Touch’
| Name | Synonym of | Register number | Applicant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Soft Touch' | SRL-Rhi-XXXX-227 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pink |
| Color temperature sensitive | Flower length | Flower width | Petal form |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recurved | Stamen color | Style color | Fruit color |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit edged | Flower description | Phylloclades length | Phylloclades width |
|---|---|---|---|
| pale pink with deep pink center stripe and deep pink to magenta-pink throat. Flower is 2 cm. in length and 3.5 cm. in width. Frontal view petal count is 14. Pistil is magenta with five white stigma lobes. Filaments are magenta. Ovary is 0.5 cm. faintly 5 angled, apple green on a rotate daisy shape. |
| Reference | Comments | Grower | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meier 1995: 23; E.B. Hoare Notes: B1-15 | sometimes wavy edged, the purple edged phylloclades are up to 4 cm. in length, up to 1.5 cm. in width with 3 - 4 areoles per side. Short yellowish bristles located in linear areole and lateral areoles. New growth is yellowish green. |