Whiteley Gem
Classification:
2 Y-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1924
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 1934
Awards:
Special Class:
Seed Parent: 
Hospodar 2 Y-O 
John Charles Williams, England
Year Registered: 1914
Firebrand x King Alfred
Hospodar
Pollen Parent: 
Fortune 2 Y-O 
Walter T. Ware, England
Year Registered: 1917
Sir Watkin x Blackwell
Fortune
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
Comments

Fl. facing slightly downwards; perianth segments broadly ovate, deep yellow, spreading, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate; corona cylindrical, reddish orange, paling to base, with rim flanged and crenate. Sunproof.