Phebe
Classification:
9 W-GYO[ Poeticus ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
, Indiana, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1975
Seed Parent: 
Sidelight 9 W-GOR 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1940
Dactyl x Ace of Diamonds
Sidelight
Pollen Parent: 
Sea Green 9 W-GYR 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1930
Sea Green
Seedling Number:
1962/2
Chromosomes:
14
Pedigree Chart:
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
Comments

Fl. 62 mm wide; corona amber yellow, with cypress green at base and burnt orange at rim. Resembles a more brilliantly colored ‘Sidelight’ with a larger corona with the rim closely and deeply notched, as if fringed.

Origin of Name

Named after Helen Link’s mother-in-law, Phebe.