Achimenes SRG’s Illya Melnyk

Achimenes ‘SRG’s Illya Melnyk’ 2022, IR221796, hybridized by Serge Saliba, Bucharest, Romania. (A. ‘Ambroise Verschaffelt’ x A. HS-034-2010). Cross made 05.2011, seeds planted 02.2012, first flowering 07.2012. Sterile, reproducible only vegetatively. Erect to trailing habit, stem length 17 cm. Leaves green, 4 cm long, 4 cm wide, 2 cm petiole, ovate, acute tip, serrate margin. Calyx split, green, length 4 mm, length of the pedicel 2 cm, 3 flowers per axil. Corolla salverform, double, 3.5 cm long, 7 cm wide, blue with darker dots.  Easy grow, excellent bloomer.