Gerard Knehans, Jr.
Owensville, Missouri, USA
Gerard Knehans, Jr.Fl. 71 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, opening pale yellow, becoming white, strongly reflexed, plane, overlapping; the inner segments narrower, with margins wavy or incurved; corona cylindrical, slightly constricted at mid-point, becoming golden yellow, with tinges of orange, mouth flared and even, with rim notched and crenate. Color develops after cutting.
Taken from the song written to promote the 1904 World’s Fair, ‘Meet Me in St. Louie, Louie, meet me at the fair.’
Saint Louie Louie, 6 W-O, Gerard Knehans, Jr., United States, 1999
Photo #61482 Kirby Fong, USASaint Louie Louie, 6 W-O, Gerard Knehans, Jr., United States, 1999
Photo #61481 Kirby Fong, USASaint Louie Louie, 6 W-O, Gerard Knehans, Jr., United States, 1999
Photo #53711 Brian S. Duncan, Northern IrelandSaint Louie Louie, 6 W-O, Gerard Knehans, Jr., United States, 1999
Photo #21892 Ian Scroggy, Northern IrelandSaint Louie Louie, 6 W-O, Gerard Knehans, Jr., United States, 1999
Photo #21891 Ian Scroggy, Northern IrelandSaint Louie Louie, 6 W-O, Gerard Knehans, Jr., United States, 1999
Photo #5836 Tom Stettner, USASaint Louie Louie, 6 W-O, Gerard Knehans, Jr., United States, 1999
Photo #5835 Tom Stettner, USASaint Louie Louie, 6 W-O, Gerard Knehans, Jr., United States, 1999
Photo #2684 Kirby Fong, USA