Sinningia ‘His Majesty’

Sinningia ‘His Majesty’, 2014, IR141243, Sharon Crochet, LA (S.’Purple Crest’ x S. ‘Mark Twain’). Cross made Feb. 7, 2013, planted May,13, 2013 and first flowered Dec.14, 2013. Fertile, reproducible only vegetatively. Tuberous, compact rosette, length of the stem 4”, slightly trailing.  Dark green leaves with purple veins, red underside, 2.5” long x 2” wide, 1.5“ petiole, ovate with crenate margin, cordate base and acute tip. Calyx split, green with brown tips, 0.25”. Pedicel 2.75”. No of flowers per axil – 1-3.  Corolla salverform, 1.5” long x 1.5” wide, deep purple with  some markings on lower petals lower inside of tube white. Grows multiple stems from a tuber.