Tiger Eye
Classification:
2 Y-Y[ 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: 
Lehiam 2 Y-GYY 
Colin Crotty, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1975
Golden Aura x Camelot
Lehiam
Pollen Parent: 
Gold Convention 2 Y-Y 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1978
[(Galcador x seedling) x 1Y-Y seedling (Kingscourt x Home Fires)] x [Strathkanaird x Richardson 1Y-Y (seedling~ x Home Fires)]
Gold Convention
Seedling Number:
7-03
Pedigree Chart:
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 95mm wide; perianth segments 36mm long, very broadly ovate, blunt, mucronate, bright yellow, spreading, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, shouldered at base; corona 30mm long, cylindrical, smooth, a slightly deeper shade than the perianth segments, mouth straight and a little wavy, with rim narrowly flanged and minutely crenate. Strongly scented.

Origin of Name

Named for its yellow color, like in a tiger’s eye.