Schlumbergera Hybrid

‘W. Freund’

 

NameSynonym ofRegister numberApplicant
'W. Freund'SRL-Sch-XXXX-1700
HybridizerCountryHybridizer referenceName giver
Curt KnebelGermany
Name yearGroupGrowth habitSeedling/Sport
RUSS
Pod parentPollen parentPollination yearColor
red
Flower classFlower formColor compositionFlower size
Petal formRecurvedStamen colorStyle color
Fruit colorFruit edgedFlower descriptionClades color
upper petals magenta to bright magenta with pale silvery carmine-violet throats. Lower petals magenta with pale silvery carmine-violet throats. Flower length 6.5 cm. Upper width 5.5 cm., lower width 4.5 cm. Tube length 4 cm. Ovary receptacle 0.6 cm., five ribbed, amber green. Blooms early May to mid July. Note: 1) Tube more silvery and flower paler than S x buckleyi 'FF'. 2) cv. 'Holmesby Red' is paler, more carmine with carmine-violet throat. 3) 'W.L. Freund' is paler, more magenta pink with less silver to the tube, and a more reflexed, reverse umbrella flower than cv. 'Le Vesuv'.
Clades sizePhylloclades formReferenceComments
E.B. Hoare Notes: A6-1-4E.B. Hoare cited the hybridizer as Curt Knebel. Sometimes referred to as 'Freund Wegener' (Friend Wegener).
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