Som See Nuan
Colors
OrangeCreamRedYellow
Description
Produces 2 to 3-inch cream-orange and salmon flowers on broad-oval, overlapping petals of heavy substance. Fragrance is extremely intense, fresh, and sweet. Growth is broad upright and medium-paced, and the plant sets seed. Also included is Som Siri, a distinct cultivar with 2.5 to 3-inch deep yellow to cream-yellow flowers shaded with orange, deeper yellow, and red striations; petals are heavily overlapping, nearly circular but with a pointed section, of medium substance, cream-yellow with red veining; fragrance is medium-intense and pleasantly sweet; leaves broad elliptic with pointed tip. Som Siri also sets seed.
Appearance
Salmon, cream, and orange flowers with broad-oval, overlapping, heavy-substance petals; 2 to 3 inches across. Som Siri: deep yellow to cream-yellow flowers with orange, deeper yellow, and red striations; heavily overlapping, nearly circular petals with a pointed section.
Fragrance
Extremely intense, fresh and sweet. Som Siri: medium-intense, pleasantly sweet.
Growth & Foliage
Broad upright with medium growth. Som Siri leaves: broad elliptic with pointed tip.
Cultivation Tips
Sets seed.
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Details
Growth Habit
upright
Species
P. rubra
Sets Seed
Yes
Size (in)
2.5-3
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Size2.5-3"
Colors4
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