Primulina WF’s Pink Song

Primulina ‘WF’s Pink Song’, 2015, IR151306, Fang Wen; Yi-Gang Wei; Zhi-Guo Zhao; Guangxi Institute of Botany & Gesneriads Conservation Center of China, Guangxi, China (P. roseoalba   P. xiuningensis). Cross made 06/01/13, planted 10/11/13, and first flowered 06/19/14. Sterile. Reproducible only vegetatively. Basal rosette.  Leaves pale green to green, thin, chartaceous, pubescent on both surfaces, 12-16 cm long x 8-10 cm wide with 4-6 cm petiole, ovate with entire margin, cuneate base and rounded tip, hairy. Calyx split, pale green to green, ca.1 cm long. Pedicel 1.5-2 cm, 10-24 or more flowers per axil. Corolla salverform, 2-2.2 cm long, 1-1.2 cm wide, dark pink with yellow shade, two dark yellow to orange stripes in corollas with glans inside. The corolla size is between the father and the mother, but the flower number on one cyme obviously inherited from its father. The two dark yellow to orange stripes in corolla and the dark pink corolla with yellow shade are the main difference in comparison with all garden varieties and species. Enjoys higher humidity; Prefers bright scattered natural light; moist but well-drained substrate; & weak-acid substrate (equal to PH 6.8);, do not overfertilize.

Registry Number:

IR151306

Year:

2015

Genus:

Primulina

Parentage:

P. roseoalba x P. xiuningensis

Registrant:

Fang Wen

Registrant Location:

Zhi-Guo Zhao; Guangxi Institute of Botany & Gesneriads Conservation Center of China, Guangxi, China

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