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Mián Huā Tánɡ’ {CANDY CLOUD}

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Cultivar
Mián Huā Tánɡ’ {CANDY CLOUD}
Originator
Xiaonan Yu, Wei Zhu, Longwei Xu, Le Chen, and Qihang Chen
Group
Lactiflora
Date
2021
Country
China

Received June 23, 2021. Parentage ‘Lian Tai’ x ‘Kansas’. First bloomed and propagated 2020. Mid/Late season bloom. DOUBLE up-facing flowers, average of 2 blooms per stem, size 4 1/4 inches (10 1/2 cm). Delicate pale pink, darker in the depths of the flower. Guard petals’ average width 1 1/2 inches (3 1/2 cm), notched. Inner petals grading smaller, becoming delicately ruffled. Stamens absent. Carpels absent. Staminodal disc complete, well developed, pale pink. Pleasant fragrance. Foliage emerges green with reddish wash, matures green, leaflets broad pointed. Upright self-supporting growth to 31 1/2 inches (80 cm). Cultivar suitable for cut flower use. Named for the soft pink color and delicate petal structure and the sweet scent. In certain jurisdictions to be marketed with the trade name CANDY CLOUD.

Reference: 2021-DIR:12