Beecroft
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Classification:
2 W-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1990
Hybridizer:

Dr. Michael G. Temple-Smith

Dr. Michael G. Temple-Smith
, Tasmania, Australia
Registered:
Yes, 2007
Seed Parent: 
TS24/82 Seedling (
Hylas 1 W-Y 
William Jackson, Jr., Australia
Year of first flowering: 1964
Rowella x Lod
Hylas
x
Chango 2 W-Y 
J.N. Hancock and Co., Australia
Year Registered: 1975
Chango
)
Pollen Parent: 
Bewdy 1 W-Y 
David Jackson, Australia
Year of first flowering: 1978
Helsal x Cyros
Bewdy
Seedling Number:
42/90
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Beecroft
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 100 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, shouldered at base, blunt, mucronate, white, spreading, plane, smooth, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segments narrowly ovate in outline, somewhat rounded at apex, a little concave, with margins wavy; corona funnel-shaped, smooth, brilliant yellow, mouth lightly ribbed and frilled, with rim crenate. First flowered in 1990.

Origin of Name

Named for a mountain in Western Tasmania

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BeecroftBeecroft, 2 W-Y, Dr. Michael G. Temple-Smith, Australia, 2007
Photo #1232 Kirby Fong, USA