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Flower Name

Armada

Division: 

2 - Large-Cupped Info

Colors: 

Y - O

Season: 

Early to Mid-Season

Height: 

Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)

Hybridizer: 

Guy L. Wilson

Country: 

Northern Ireland, UK

Year of first flowering: 

pre 1938, registered with the RHS

Seed Parent:

15/7 {[Princess Mary x (Emperor x King Alfred)] x Fortune}

Pollen Parent:

Cornish Fire?

Chromosomes: 

28

Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree Tree
Fertility: 

Both Seed and Pollen fertile

Used as a parent: 

22 times as seed, 25 times as pollen

Descendants:
Descendants Tree
Special Class:
ADS Historics

Awards:

AGM 1993; *FCC(p) 1977; *AM(p) 1976; *FCC(g) 1968; *AM(g) 1962; FCC Haarlem 1955; AM Haarlem 1948; FCC(e) 1947; AM(e) 1945; 

Comments: 

Fl. forming a double triangle, 108 mm diameter; perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, prominently mucronate, vivid yellow, spreading, a little concave, smooth, with margins minutely incurling at apex, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, inflexed at base, reflexed near apex, with margins incurved; corona broad funnel-shaped, lightly ribbed, strong orange, mouth split in places and overlapping, wavy, with rim flanged and crenate.

 

 

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