Saint Piran
Classification:
7 W-Y[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 1993
Seed Parent: 
Aircastle 3 W-Y 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1958
Green Island x Chinese White
Aircastle
Pollen Parent: 
N. jonquilla Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. jonquilla
Seedling Number:
S108
Pedigree Chart:
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls usually 2 per stem, rounded, 77 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate in outline, blunt or rounded at apex, slightly mucronate, opening with yellow tones, becoming creamy white, a little inflexed, smooth, overlapping half; the inner segments more nearly roundish, with margins wavy; corona bowl-shaped, pale lemon yellow, with mouth expanded and lightly frilled.

Origin of Name

Named after the Saint Piran, the patron saint of tin-miners and generally regarded as the patron saint of Cornwall.