‘Tropicana’
| Name | Synonym of | Register number | Applicant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Tropicana' | SRL-Sch-XXXX-1316 |
| Hybridizer | Country | Hybridizer reference | Name giver |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin B. Hoare | Australia | cross #1/1980 | Edwin B. Hoare |
| Name year | Group | Growth habit | Seedling/Sport |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | TRUN | seedling |
| Pod parent | Pollen parent | Pollination year | Color |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Kimberley' | unnamed white with a pink tinge | 1980 | orange |
| Flower class | Flower form | Color composition | Flower size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petal form | Recurved | Stamen color | Style color |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit color | Fruit edged | Flower description | Clades color |
|---|---|---|---|
| orange peach with orange center stripe, some deep rhodamine edging along petal bases. Lower petals peachy rose to deep peachy rose. Upper petals spatulate with pointed tips. Lower petals lanceolate with acute to obtuse petal tips. Tube length is 3.5 cm., pale silvery magenta pink. Flower length is 8.5 cm. Upper width is 5 cm. and the lower width is 4.5 cm. Ovary receptacle is 1-1.2 cm., elongated, upturned, apple green hue. Australian flowering season is early/mid May to late June. |
| Clades size | Phylloclades form | Reference | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| E.B. Hoare message to Des Ellery November 9, 1984; E.B. Hoare Notes: A6-6-9; Cactus & Succulent Journal NSW, December 1990; McM&H 1995: 138 |
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