Streptocarpus ‘Fred’s Yellow Ice’

Streptocarpus ‘Fred’s Yellow Ice’, 2013, IR 131228, Fred Bellairs, MI. (S. ‘Keigetsu’ x S. ‘Fashion Statement’). Cross made June 20, 2012, planted Aug. 24, 2012 and first flowered Mar. 12, 2013. Fertile but reproducible only vegetatively. Large rosette. Leaves bullate, medium to dark green, 8 in. long x 4 in. wide, oblong with crenate margin, rounded tip and cuneate base. Calyx split, green. Pedicel 7 in. with 2-3 flowers. Corolla salverform, 1 in. long x 2 in. wide, pale yellow with deeper yellow throat, purple lines from deep in throat onto all lobes, becoming spots at edge.

» Streptocarpus ‘Fred’s Yellow Ice’ (gesneriadsociety.org)

The hybrid, S. ‘Fred’s Yellow Ice’ was in the judged flower show and the entry card showed the hybridizer as Fred Bellairs in Michigan.  The parents of S.  ’Fred’s Yellow Ice’ are S. ‘Keigetsu’ (K. Hirose) and S. ‘Fashion Statement’ (D. Thompson).

Streptocarpus ‘Fred’s Yellow Ice’ has flowered all summer.  Some leaves have rooted and may be salable by Christmas.

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