Primulina ‘Mid-Autumn Festival’

Primulina ‘Mid-Autumn Festival’, IR141248, Toshijiro Okuto, Wei Yi-Gang*, Kakogawa, Japan, *Guilin, China (P. lutea x P guizhongensis). Cross made Jun. 3, 2012, planted Sep.9 2012, first flowered Jul.15 2014. Sterile, reproducible only vegetatively. Basal Rosette. Leaves green with grey-green vein, 75 mm long x 45 mm wide, 50mm petiole, hairy, ovate with crenate margin, cuneate base and acute tip. Calyx split, greyed-orange (RHS 165C). 13mm. Pedicel 18mm, No of flowers per axil–4-6. Corolla salverform, 45 mm long, 25 mm wide, yellow (RHS13C). Distinguishing characteristics: Corolla is yellow of the seed parent, and the leaf has grayed-green veins derived from the pollen parent. The pattern of the vein is different from the netted silver vein of P. ‘Kitaguni’