Purple Rain
Colors
Purple
Description
Purple Rain is a cultivar from a private collection featuring beautiful purple flowers with yellow center and a touch of dark pink between. The 2-2.5 inch blooms have a light fragrance and grainy texture throughout the petals. Characterized by beautiful structure and semi-upright growth habit, blooming in small bundles. Very limited availability.
Appearance
2-2.5 inches, beautiful purple with yellow center and dark pink touch. Grainy texture throughout petals.
Bloom
Blooms in small bundles.
Fragrance
Light fragrance.
Growth & Foliage
Semi-upright growth habit with beautiful plant structure.
Provenance
From a private collection. Very limited.
Also Known As
Details
Hybridizer
Kukiat
Growth Habit
medium
Species
P. rubra
Sets Seed
No
Source
JL
Size (in)
3
Anecdotal Notes
Diana
not Purple Rain from Kukiat, not the one from Lopaka. JL Balanced growth that exhibits a full inflorescents on each branch. 3” beautiful purple hue on the back and the face. The fragrance is mildly sweet. Striking flower developed at JL Farms. It has led to several crosses that have yielded a new exciting range of purplish colors. Good texture with a medium growth habit. Slow to root. Not cold tolerant.
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Size3"
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