Primulina ‘Purple Fairy’
Primulina ‘Purple Fairy’, 2018, IR181398, registered by Sheng Huang, Wen-Jun Lv, Hong-Tao Liu; Wu Han, China. Mutation of P. fimbrisepala. First flowered 03.10.2017.
Fertile. Reproducible only vegetatively. Basal rosette. Green leaves with silver-white diffuse pattern along the veins, 7.9-11.4 cm long, 5.5-8.0 cm wide with 4.4-11.0 cm petiole, ovate with oblique base, serrate margin and acute tip, hairy. Calyx leafy, purple red, 9-12 mm long. Pedicel 10.7-14.7 cm long with 8-11 flowers per axil. Corolla infundibuliform, 5.6-6.1 cm long x 1.6-2.1 cm wide, purple.
This variety can be cultivated in central, southern and eastern China, the optimum temperature is 15-25℃.