Sarah

Adenium

Variety Description

Description:

PLANT: branching and compact growth habit, dark green succulent branches
LENTICELS: light grey cork stripes

LEAF: simple, almost sessile, obovate, dark green (slightly darker than RHS 137A), glossy, weakly to medium concave, apex bluntly rounded with a tiny, hardly visible point, entire margin

FLOWER: campanulate, green pedicel, 5 light green sepals
COROLLA LOBES: horizontal, five, recurved at distal end, obovate shape, mucronate apex with a very small acuminate tip, inner side purple red (RHS N57C) in center, outer side purple red (lighter then RHS N57C)
COROLLA LOBE MARGIN: irregular, very weakly crenate, very weak undulation, inner side purple red (RHS N57B)
COROLLA TUBE: outer side yellow green (RHS 1D) with a medium red purple flush; inner side yellow green (greener than RHS 1D) with red purple stripes, downy glandular pubescence
ANTHERS: arrow shaped with thin thread-like appendices, purple red (RHS N57A), glandular pubescence

Origin & Breeding History: 'Sarah' originated from a controlled cross between 'Scarlet' and an unknown, unnamed proprietary seedling conducted in April, 2004 in Haderslev, Denmark. The new variety was selected in July 2007 based on flower colour and flowering habit.

Tests & Trials: The detailed description of 'Sarah' is based on the UPOV Report of Technical Examination, application number 2007/0708, purchased from the Community Plant Variety Office in Angers, France. The trials were conducted by the Naktuinbouw, Wageningen, the Netherlands in 2008 and 2009. Colour determinations were made using the 2007 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Colour Chart.

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Adenium: 'Sarah'

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Adenium: 'Sarah'