Achimenes SRG’s Melon Ice Cream

Achimenes ‘SRG’s Melon Ice Cream’ 2022, IR221789, hybridized by Serge Saliba, Bucharest, Romania. (A. HS-001-2008  x  A. ‘Red Elfe’). Cross made 05.2009, seeds planted 02.2010, first flowering 08.2010. Sterile, reproducible only vegetatively. Erect to trailing habit, stem length 15-20 cm. Leaves green, 4 cm long, 3 cm wide, 2 cm petiole, ovate, acute tip, cuneate base, serrate margin. Calyx split, green, length 4 mm, length of the pedicel 2 cm, 3 flowers per axil. Corolla salverform, double, 3 cm long, 5 cm wide, vivid pink with lightly embossed petals.