프리지아 ‘Pink Rain’은 2005년 농촌진흥청 국립원예특 작과학원에서 구근부패병에 약한 백색 반겹꽃 품종 ‘Teresa’ 에 키가 작고 만생인 자주색 겹꽃 품종 ‘Purple Rain’을 교 배하여 획득한 종자로부터 2006년 밝은 연분홍빛의 겹꽃 다화성 프리지아 계통을 선발하였다. 2007년부터 2010년까 지 특성검정 및 기호도 평가를 수행하여, 2010년에 직무 육성품종심의회를 거쳐 ‘Pink Rain’으로 명명하였다. ‘Pink Rain’은 연분홍색(RHS RP62A)의 밝은 반겹꽃 절화용 프리지아 품종으로 초장이 94.7cm(대조품종 ‘Teresa’ 81.1, ‘Purple Rain’ 85.5), 화수장 9.5cm(11.4, 8.0), 소화수 11.2개(13.3, 10.4), 화폭 61mm(59.3, 55.7)이다. 분지수는 6.8개(4.3, 5.8), 로 대비품종에 비해 수확량이 높고 바 이러스 및 구근부패병 발생율은 각각 3.5%(5.6, 10.4), 2.6%(15.0, 7.1)로 대조품종에 비해 1.6-3.0 및 2.1-5.7배 더 적으며 자구 증식력은 6.4개로 대조품종에 비해 1.2배 높다.
Freesia hybrida ‘Pink Rain’ was bred from a cross ‘Teresa’, have white semi-double petals and Fusarium susceptible, and ‘Purple Rain’, have purple double petals and short-culm, bred at the National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA in 2005. Flowering characteristics were tested and selected from 2007 to 2010 and registered variety protection, in Korea Seed and Variety Service, November, 2010. Freesia ‘Pink Rain’ has double middle petals with light pink (RHS RP62A). The average plant height was 94.7 cm, number of florets per stalk were 11.2 and stalk length was 9.5 cm, and the average flower width was 61 mm. The average yield was 6.8 cut stem per plant, rate of plant infected to virus and Fusarium, 3.5 and 2.6% is 1.6 to 3.0, and 2.1 to 5.7 times lower than the control cultivars. The average days to first flowering of ‘Pink Rain’ were 133 days, which were approximately 21.3 days earlier than the control cultivar ‘Purple Rain’. The average corm yield was 6.4 cormlet per plant, that was also 1.2 times more than the control cultivar.