Benghazi
Classification:
2 Y-YOO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Registered:
Yes, before 1941
Seed Parent: 
Brodie 2Y-R seedling [
Seraglio 3 Y-YYO 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1926
Mozart x Gallipoli
Seraglio
x (
Beacon 3 W-R 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1897
Princess Mary x (N. poeticus var. recurvus x poet ?)
Beacon
x
Fortune 2 Y-O 
Walter T. Ware, England
Year Registered: 1917
Sir Watkin x Blackwell
Fortune
) ]
Pollen Parent: 
Porthilly 2 Y-O 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1927
Porthilly
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
2 times as seed
Comments

Fl. rounded; perianth segments very broadly ovate in outline, rounded at apex, slightly mucronate, rich bright yellow, plane, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, slightly inflexed, creased, with margin indented at shoulder; corona shallow bowl-shaped, lightly ribbed, bright orange, paling to golden yellow at base, mouth widely expanded, split in places and overlapping, with rim regularly 12-crenate.

Origin of Name

Part of Lionel Richardson’s “World War II Battles Series”. Named after Benghazi in Libya which was part of the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.

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