Rachel Esther
Classification:
8 Y-R[ Tazetta ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 2011
Seed Parent: 
Matador 8 Y-GOO 
Oregon Bulb Farms, United States
Year Registered: 1958
Admiration ? x open pollinated
Matador
Pollen Parent: 
(
Autumn Sol 8 Y-Y 
: Unknown, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1961
Autumn Sol
x [
Ballymarlow 2 Y-R 
W.J. (Willy) Dunlop, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1949
Varna x (Market Merry x unknown)
Ballymarlow
x open pollinated ] )
Pedigree Chart:
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 3-6 per stem, rounded, 48mm wide, facing up; perianth segments 18mm long, roundish, medium yellow, spreading, plane, wavy, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half or more; the inner segments narrower; corona 8mm long, bowl-shaped, ribbed, intense orange-red, mouth expanded, wavy to frilled, with rim dentate to crenate. Sunproof. Sweetly scented.

Origin of Name

 Part of Bill Welch’s “Friends Series.”  Named for a friend of the hybridizer.