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Flower Name

Beersheba

Division: 

1 - Trumpet (Long Cupped) Info

Colors: 

W - W

Season: 

Early to Mid-Season

Height: 

Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)

Hybridizer: 

Rev. G.H. Engleheart

Country: 

England, UK

Year of first flowering: 

pre 1923, registered with the RHS

Seed Parent:

White Knight

Pollen Parent:

seedling

Chromosomes: 

28 or 29

Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree Tree
Fertility: 

Both Seed and Pollen fertile

Used as a parent: 

31 times as seed, 55 times as pollen

Descendants:
Descendants Tree
Special Class:
ADS Historics

Awards:

AM(c) 1929; FCC(e) 1926; FCC Haarlem 1926; AM(e) 1925; AM Haarlem 1925; 

Comments: 

Fl. 127 mm wide, ivory white, facing slightly downwards; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, only slightly mucronate, spreading, overlapping one-third; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, inflexed at base, reflexed towards apex, with margins wavy and sometimes nicked; corona narrowly funnel-shaped, broadly and smoothly ribbed, with mouth expanded and lightly frilled, rim rolled and shallowly crenate. Resembles a 'White Knight' of more than twice the size and of purer white.

 

 

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