Asahi
Classification:
2 Y-YYO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
, Fukushimaken, Japan
Registered:
Yes, 2002
Seed Parent: 
Camelot 2 Y-Y 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1962
Kingscourt x Ceylon
Camelot
Pollen Parent: 
Bossa Nova 3 O-R 
Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1983
Altruist x Ulster Bank
Bossa Nova
Seedling Number:
M-279
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 95 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, brilliant greenish yellow, with slight whitish mucro, spreading, concave, with broad midrib showing, of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments a little inflexed; corona cylindrical, ribbed, vivid yellow, with a band of yellow-orange at rim, mouth straight, loosely frilled, with rim notched and crenate.