RHODESIAN RED*

(Kirchhoff) 2005 32" EM Re Ex Ev 6".
What's the most sunfast red is a very popular question from our customers. Answer: RHODESIAN RED is one of them, for sure! This red combines tones of currant, apple and ruby with two subtle, watermark halos, which grade down from mid petal into Chinese red toward red-gold, above a celery green throat. Within the throat are finely beveled veins that radiate all the way to the tiny pleated, ruffled edges. The veins are a step darker than whichever zone of color of the bloom they occupy. Within the throat, they are greener, etc. The form is full, widespread, and overlapped with finely pleated ruffles. Texture is smooth and diamond dusted. The well-branched scapes are strongly recurrent with many buds. Fertile both ways.
(Invitation To Immortality x Betty Ford)