Primulina GCCC’s Yi Zhi Nong Yan

Primulina ‘GCCC’s Yi Zhi Nong Yan’, 2023, IR231951, hybridized by Wen Fang, Chou Wei-Chuen, Wei Yi-Gang; Guangxi Institute of Botany; CAS; GCCC, Guilin City, China. (P. leprosa  x  P. heterochroa). Cross made 06.19.2021, seeds planted 09.15.2021, first flowering 09.01.2022. Sterile, reproducible only vegetatively. Basal rosette, acaulescent. Leaves dark green with extremely short purple appressed soft hairs, making the leaves appear to have a purple hue, 10-15 cm long, 8-11 cm wide with 1-2 cm petiole, ovate to orbicular, rounded tip, cuneate base, crenate margin, bullate, hairy. Calyx split, dark green, length 5-8 mm. Length of the pedicel 3-4 cm, 10 or more flowers per axil. Corolla salverform, 3.5-4 cm long, 2.8-3.3 cm wide, orange-yellow with bias towards yellow with bright dark red to red stripes inside. This hybrid prefers brightly scattered lighting; moist but well-drained & calcium-rich substrate (equal to pH ≥7.0); don’t over-fertilize and overwater.