140
Colors
OrangeRedYellow
Description
Features 3-inch intense red blooms with contrasting large gold and orange centers. Fresh, sweet, and smooth fragrance. Extremely fuzzy, furry inflorescence stems like velvet. Cinnamon scent. Sets seed. Also noted is Dang Chalika and Daeng Hom with sweet floral fragrance of medium intensity. Purple-red with golden-orange center, 2.5-inch star with slightly overlapping obovate petals and pointed tips. New leaves are shiny, medium to dark green elliptical with pointed tips. Purple-red star-shaped 3-inch flowers with lovely sweet strong fragrance.
Appearance
3-inch intense red blooms with gold-orange centers, extremely fuzzy inflorescence stems. Purple-red 2.5 to 3-inch star flowers with golden-orange centers.
Bloom
3-inch flowers with contrasting centers.
Fragrance
Fresh, sweet, smooth fragrance with cinnamon scent. Sweet floral fragrance.
Growth & Foliage
Extremely fuzzy, furry inflorescence stems like velvet.
Cultivation Tips
Sets seed.
Also Known As
Details
Species
P. rubra
Sets Seed
Yes
Size (in)
3
Fragrance Strength
sweet smooth
Anecdotal Notes
Diana
flowers. 3" intense red blooms with a contrasting, large gold and orange center. Fresh, sweet and smooth fragrance. Extremely fuzzy, furry inflo stems, like velvet. Cinnamon scent. Sets seed. Dang Chalika Sets seed. Daeng Hom Sweet floral, medium intense. Purple-red with golden-orange center. 2.5" star, slightly overlapping, obovate with pointed tip. New leaves shiny, medium to dark green, elliptical with pointed tip. Purple-red, star-shaped 3” with a lovely, sweet, strong fragrance.
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Size3"
Fragrancesweet smooth
Colors3
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