Crystal Owl
Classification:
2 W-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
2003
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 2011
Seed Parent: 
Misty Veil 2 W-WWY 
Colin Crotty, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1990
Winfrith x Misty Glen
Misty Veil
Pollen Parent: 
River Queen 2 W-W 
William G. Pannill, United States
Year Registered: 1977
Easter Moon x Vigil
River Queen
Seedling Number:
45-03
Pedigree Chart:
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 123mm wide; perianth segments 50mm long, very broadly ovate, blunt, not noticeably mucronate, spreading, plane, or with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, shouldered at base, more prominently mucronate; corona 43mm long, cylindrical, smooth, mouth straight and wavy, with rim crenate. Strongly scented. First flowered in 2003.

Origin of Name

Named after a Swarovski crystal owl, that lost its ears in the February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake. The crystal owl was the only item that was damaged at the Crotty home, hence the name.

Synonyms:

'Soulmate'