Colombian Columbia Y023
Copyright 1998-2017 Yoshiaki Yoneda
This is a wild strain found in the Cesar area of Colombia. The hypocotyl has a tinge of red, and the cotyledonary veins are red, too. There are epidermal hairs to the upper half of the hypocotyl and cotyledonary petiole. The leaf has a broad shape and is comparatively small. The main lobe-intermediate type. Under natural conditions at Shizuoka-city, flower buds were finally recognized in the middle of October. The corolla is light blue, but its throat and midpetaline bands have a bit of a reddish tinge. The flower diameter is 6 cm. The flower tube is white. Light-brown epidermal hairs extend to the calyx, though thinly. Usually there is one flower per peduncle, but there can frequently be up to four.