Schlumbergera Hybrid

‘Tropica’

 

NameSynonym ofRegister numberApplicant
'Tropica'SRL-Sch-2026-0040Frank Süpplie
HybridizerCountryHybridizer referenceName giver
Frank SüpplieNetherlandsFrank Süpplie
Name yearGroupGrowth habitSeedling/Sport
2026TRUNuprightseedling
Pod parentPollen parentPollination yearColor
'Pink Dancer''Purple Dancer'2014purple
Flower classFlower formColor compositionFlower size
zygomorphicwhite_pink_purpleS
Petal formRecurvedStamen colorStyle color
ellipticyeswhitepurple
Fruit colorFruit edgedFlower descriptionClades color
color unknownyessmall vivid magenta-pink flowers with white petal bases and throats, softly suffusing to rose pink through the mid-petal area and deepening to rich magenta at the apexes and margins. Margins display delicate darker magenta to fuchsia pencil-line edging. Petal tips pointed to acute. Floral tube white, lightly flushed with pale pink. Pale pink stigma positioned beyond the soft pinkish-lilac anther cluster; stigma lobes remain closed. Pollen pale cream to light yellow. Ovary receptacle light green.
Clades sizePhylloclades formReferenceComments
Sflat dentatedICRA Registration; Süpplie F.: Directory of Schlumbergera Species and Hybrids (Epric, 2026)small to medium-sized phylloclades dark green and glossy. Dentations short, forward-facing, and occasionally curved. Plant habit upright. This cultivar is considered difficult in cultivation.
GrowerDistributor
Frank Süppliewww.schlumbergera.eu; Triple Aqua Licensing
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