Clay Higgins
Clay HigginsGlenbrook Bulb Farm, Australia
Year Registered: 1998
N. bulbocodium subsp. bulbocodium var. conspicuus x N. cantabricus subsp. cantabricus var. foliosus
Spoirot
Section: Bulbocodium
N. romieuxii subsp. romieuxii var. mesatlanticus
Fl. 42mm wide; perianth segments 8mm long, lanceolate in outline, acute at apex, creamy white, spreading to a little reflexed, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, separated; corona 30mm long, bowl-shaped, lightly ribbed, light lemon yellow, mouth straight and wavy, with rim crenate and regularly notched. It appears ‘Mr Higgins’ is a sister seedling with ‘Artie Lemons’.
Named after Mr. Higgins’ mother Artie Lemons Higgins with her maiden name. According to the hybridizer, “We always said that Mom was the class in our family and the one that taught us to be ladies and gentlemen.”
Artie Lemons, 10 W-Y, Clay Higgins, United States, 2013
Photo #57312 Clay Higgins, USA