Blazing Sword
Classification:
2 Y-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Backhouse

Backhouse
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1926
Awards:
Special Class:
Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
Comments

Perianth segments roundish, opening lemon yellow or sometimes more greenish yellow, becoming paler in tone, with margins wavy, of thick substance, overlapping; corona large, deep orange-red. Resembles ‘Merapi’.

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Blazing swordBlazing Sword, 2 Y-R, Backhouse, England, 1926
Photo #30416 Heemskerk Catalog, the Netherlands