Cambridge, New Zealand; Levin
Wilfred Hall, North Island, New ZealandFls 5-7 per stem, forming a double triangle, 25 mm wide; perianth segments ovate in outline, rounded at apex, mucronate, brilliant yellow, slightly reflexed, concave, creased and of membranaceous substance, overlapping one-third; the inner segments not noticeably mucronate; corona cup-shaped, smooth, orange, mouth slightly incurved, even, with rim entire. Sweetly scented.
In the hybridizer’s words: “I have always loved this term – in New Zealand it’s used to describe something that is really good, topnotch. That’s the beesknees. Its the best.”
Beesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008, New Zealand
Photo: Harold Koopowitz, USABeesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008, New Zealand
Photo: Kirby Fong, USABeesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008, New Zealand
Photo: David Adams, New ZealandBeesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008, New Zealand
Photo: Graeme Miller, New ZealandBeesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008, New Zealand
Photo: Noeline McLaren, New ZealandBeesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008, New Zealand
Photo: Theodore E. Snazelle, USABeesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008, New Zealand
Photo: John F. McLennan, New ZealandBeesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008, New Zealand
Photo: Kirby Fong, USABeesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008, New Zealand
Photo: Kirby Fong, USA