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'Flepp'
Photo © 2001 Makoto Iijima
Photo © 2005 Makoto Iijima
Photo © 2005 Makoto Iijima
Japanese large-flowered variety, tepals cream white. White filaments and brown pollen. The underside of the tepals has a beautiful purple-red colouring (see photo). At first opening the flower reveals its texensis parentage, but then goes on to open further into a flatter flower. The cultivar name means "red berry" in the language of a former occupant of Japan.
Flowering period(s): Jun Jul Aug Sep
Aspect: Sunny
Pruning: Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by: Makoto Iijima
Country of origin: Japan
Date raised: 1989
Parentage: florida x texensis
Other name(s): None known
Further detail:
Flower diameter: 6-8 cm