Sinningia Fernwood’s Christy

Sinningia ‘Fernwood’s Christy’, 2011, IR111180, Lee Stradley, NY. (S. ‘Black Light’ x S. richii ‘Robson Lopes’). Cross made Oct. 2010, planted  Dec.  2010 and first flowered  Apr. 2011. Reproducible only vegetatively. Tuberous, 6 in. tall rosette. Leaves dark green, 5 in. long x 3.5 in. wide, orbicular with crenate margin, rounded tip and cordate base. Calyx split, green, 0.25 in. long, pedicel 2.5 in. long with 3 plus flowers per leaf axil. Corolla salverform, 1.25 in. long x 1 in. wide, medium pink with yellow throat, darker pink dots and lines from throat onto lower 3 petals.