Tequila Sunrise #374 Atom

Deep rich colors of red, magenta, dark purple and yellow. Grenadine red to orange and intense yellow like the famous cocktail. The branches are thick. Branching is good with 3 to 4 branchlets per inflo. Compact multi-brancher and bloom every 7-10" or so. Displays a range of intense contrasting colors that vary with the heat and culture. The originator and owner of the mother tree is Atom Cholpavee in Thailand. Dark red, yellow with maroon overtones in a rainbow pattern, elliptical petals with slightly pointed tips, with no distinct eye, 3.5", and sweet jasmine scent. Grenadine red petals with intense orange juice yellow. Thick petals with good storage life after picking. The English name was selected in 2007 by Mark Terrill and approved by Atom. The first cutting was originally sold under the aka name 'Henriette G'. Since that time it has sold three times with the 'Tequila Sunrise' name. Royal purple bands along the outer petal edges. Nice dark rich colors and very little fragrance. Unreal colors. Tall. Deep rich red coloring, almost ‘blueish’ at the petal tips. Blue (dark indigo) blended into the red along the petal edge. Fragrance strength varies proportionally with maturity, root size, watering and inversely with heat and dry conditions. But the fragrance has always varied between slight to mild but a prominent mild (mild side of medium) when at its best. Gina started registered one of her Plumerias as Tequila Sunrise with the PSA. Good brancher. Loves the heat but will wait a little longer in the spring before starting to grow...beyond the cool nights. If growing on its own roots (adventious roots) and the roots get wet and cold before well established leaf growth that the roots can rot. Difficult to keep alive. In Oz, Garden Express & Darwin Wholesalers sells Kauka Wilder as Tequila Sunrise. 3-4”. Round tipped petals. Dark pink with orange, yellow and red center. A dark purple band on the outer edges appears with intense heat. Light floral fragrance. Difficult to grow, tends to rot. 3.5" blooms containing golden brown, red, and spicy orange colorations! When it gets really hot outside, the blooms will turn to a lovely purple around the edges. The colors on this flower are sizzling in color and have a wonderfully sweet fragrance. Changes colour with the weather the hotter and more humid it is the brighter it is - all the flowers on this one seem the same colour - sometimes almost iridescent. Quite difficult to root. Seed thought to come from a Kauka Wilder. Overall very tempermental when it comes to rooting a cutting or grafting. Success rate so far has been around 50%. Brilliant shades of red, magenta, and purple with inside hilights of yellow gold. 3.5 to 4 inches. Obovate petals rounded tip slightly overlapped. Not a strong fragrance. Consistent bloomer once it starts. Sets seed.