Cameo Rebel
Classification:
2 Y-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Registered:
Yes, 1999
Registrant:
, North Island, New Zealand
Seed Parent: 
Red Era 3 Y-YRR 
Jim A. O'More, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1981
Merry King x 52/64 [Chungking x (Dunkeld x Rustom Pasha)]
Red Era
Pollen Parent: 
Chappell seedling (
Checkmate 2 Y-R 
David S. Bell, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1957
Dunkeld x Burgundy
Checkmate
x
Cresalla 2 Y-R 
David S. Bell, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1968
(Crescendo x Alamein) x Checkmate
Cresalla
)
Seedling Number:
93:113
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Comments

Fl. rounded, 110 mm wide; perianth segments roundish, vivid yellow, plane, with margins slightly incurling, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping; the inner segments narrower; corona disc-shaped, smooth, opening vivid orange, becoming paler in tone, with mouth even and rim crenate.

Origin of Name

Part of Peter and Lesley Ramsay’s ‘Cameo Series’. Named after Alf Chappel who gave the Ramsays the pollen. Alf was a bit of a rebel in his day!