Sinningia ‘OJ’s Annabelle’

Sinningia ‘OJ’s Annabelle’, 2017, IR171392, hybridized by Olga Johnsen, Skudeneshavn, Norway.  (S. ‘Pretty Bell’ x S.eumorpha). Cross made 06.2016, planted 10.2016, first flowered 07.19.2017. Fertile, reproducible only vegetatively. Miniature Sinningia, erect growth habit. Leaves dark red green with red reverse, 5.5cm long, 5 cm wide, with 2.2 cm petiole, ovate with cordate base, crenate margin and rounded tip. Calyx split, green with dark red tips, 0.9 cm long. Pedicel 6.4 cm with 1 flower per axil. Corolla salverform 4.7 cm long x 3.4 cm wide, dark purple with yellow throat with some white and lime green and dark spots. This cross achieved a small plant with larger and more open flowers than its seed parent.