Achimenes ‘SRG’s Venice’

Achimenes ‘SRG’s Venice’, 2022, IR221759, hybridized by Serge Saliba, Bucharest, Romania. (A. seedling 134-2010 x A. seedling 6-2009). Cross made 04.2010, seeds planted 02.2011, first flowering 06.2011. Sterile, reproducible only vegetatively. Erect to trailing habit, stem length 20 cm. Leaves green, 4 cm long, 4 cm wide, 2 cm petiole, ovate, acute tip, cuneate base, serrate margin. Calyx split, green, length 4 mm, length of the pedicel 2 cm, 2-3 flowers per axil. Corolla salverform, 3 cm long, 6 cm wide, deep purple with white center. Thrives anywhere, even in direct sun.