Achimenes ‘Alter Ego’

Achimenes ‘Alter Ego’ 2022, IR221754, hybridized by Serge Saliba, Bucharest, Romania. (A. seedling 5-2010 x A. seedling 135-2010). Cross made 04.2010, seeds planted 01.2011, first flowering 08.2011. Sterile, reproducible only vegetatively. Erect to trailing habit, stem length 25 cm. Leaves green, 5 cm long, 4 cm wide, 2 cm petiole, ovate, acute tip, cuneate base, serrate margin. Calyx split, dark green, length 3 mm, length of the pedicel 1.5 cm, 3 flowers per axil. Corolla salverform, double, 3 cm long, 6-7 cm wide, blue to bluish purple.