Burma Road
Classification:
3 W-YOO[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Alfred W. Chappell

b 1926 d 1993

Christchurch, New Zealand

Alfred W. Chappell
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2007
Registrant:

David Adams

Christchurch, New Zealand

David Adams
, South Island, New Zealand
Seed Parent: 
Cairntoul 3 W-YOO 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1978
Merlin x Rockall
Cairntoul
Pollen Parent: 
Centrefold 3 W-YYR 
G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1975
Polar Imp x Bandit
Centrefold
Seedling Number:
G-9-1
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded, 112 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, spreading, plane, or with margins incurved, smooth, membranaceous, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, shouldered at base; corona bowl-shaped, ribbed, mouth expanded and lobed, with rim dentate.

Origin of Name

Named for Alf’s (Chappell) favorite golf hole.

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Burma roadBurma Road, 3 W-YOO, Alfred W. Chappell, New Zealand, 2007
Photo #11462 Ben Blake, USABurma roadBurma Road, 3 W-YOO, Alfred W. Chappell, New Zealand, 2007
Photo #11461 Ben Blake, USABurma roadBurma Road, 3 W-YOO, Alfred W. Chappell, New Zealand, 2007
Photo #11460 Ben Blake, USABurma roadBurma Road, 3 W-YOO, Alfred W. Chappell, New Zealand, 2007
Photo #10779 Kirby Fong, USABurma roadBurma Road, 3 W-YOO, Alfred W. Chappell, New Zealand, 2007
Photo #9424 David Adams, New Zealand