Robert O. Backhouse
b 1854 d 1940
Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Robert O. BackhousePerianth and petaloid segments pure white, broadly ovate, blunt, slightly mucronate, spreading, or a little inflexed, overlapping 1/3; the second whorl of uneven length a little shorter than the perianth segments, ovate, inflexed, sometimes recurved at apex, creased or folded at midrib, overlapping a quarter to 1/3; a few short segments at center, narrow, strongly inflexed, with margins tightly rolled inwards; corona segments very short, clustered among the petaloid segments at center, opening apricot yellow, becoming creamy yellow, frilled.
Lune de Miel, 4 W-Y, Robert O. Backhouse, England, 1928
Photo #45519 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaLune de Miel, 4 W-Y, Robert O. Backhouse, England, 1928
Photo #45518 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaLune de Miel, 4 W-Y, Robert O. Backhouse, England, 1928
Photo #25512 Barr Catalog, EnglandLune de Miel, 4 W-Y, Robert O. Backhouse, England, 1928
Photo #6772 J.N. Hancock and Co., AustraliaLune de Miel, 4 W-Y, Robert O. Backhouse, England, 1928
Photo #6771 J.N. Hancock and Co., Australia