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Unnamed collection seedling, bright red form with large yellow eye without farina, family of Primulaceae. Horticultural hybrid resulting from the cross between Primula auricula and Primula hirsuta, this seedling presents a flower with particularly marked architecture, which the frontal and close-up shot fully highlights.
The single flower photographed here reveals broad, rounded, and slightly wavy petals, from raspberry red to deep carmine red, with a slight variation towards lighter pink on the edges and tops of the lobes. The texture of the petals is velvety, almost grainy in the grazing light, with no visible farina on the corolla. The eye is exceptionally large and very open, a bright and uniform yellow, occupying a notable proportion of the total surface of the flower. The central tube, also yellow, is well protruding and clearly visible. The boundary between the red petals and the yellow eye is sharp, without a diffuse transition zone, which gives this flower an immediate graphic readability.
This unusual ratio between the size of the eye and that of the petals is one of the characteristics that distinguish this seedling at first glance.
In its natural habitat, the flowering of the parent species extends from April to June. In cultivation, it occurs in April-May. Well-drained substrate rich in humus, partial shade, protection against stagnant moisture in winter.