Martha Cash
Classification:
8 W-P[ Tazetta ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Harold Koopowitz and Marilynn Howe

Oregon, USA; Culver City, California

Harold Koopowitz and Marilynn Howe
, California, USA
Registered:
Yes, 2011
Seed Parent: 
Pink China 2 W-P 
Richard and Elise Havens, United States
Year of first flowering: 1983
Pink Ice x HEJ17/
Pink China
Pollen Parent: 
N. dubius Division 13 Species
Section: Tazettae
N. dubius
Seedling Number:
03-036-24
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 2-3 per stem, rounded, 35mm wide; perianth segments 14mm long, very broadly ovate in outline, rounded at apex, white, spreading, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower; corona 7mm long, cup-shaped, smooth, clean, uniform mid-pink, mouth straight and even, with rim entire. Dwarf. Sunproof.

Origin of Name

Named in honor of the wife of a former United States Consul General to Spain.

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