Celtic Chief
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Classification:
2 Y-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1977
Hybridizer:

Noel A. Burr

Groombridge, Kent, England; Buxted, East Sussex; Rusher?s Cross, East Sussex

Noel A. Burr
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1989
Seed Parent: 
Golden Aura 2 Y-Y 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1964
Halo x open pollinated
Golden Aura
Pollen Parent: 
Celtic Gold 2 Y-Y 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1974
Golden Aura x Camelot
Celtic Gold
Seedling Number:
1.5.72
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
2 times as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 93 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, truncate, with slight white mucro, brilliant yellow, spreading, plane, with midrib showing and margins very slightly incurling, regular, overlapping half; corona funnel-shaped, smooth, of a slightly brighter tone than the perianth, mouth a little frilled, with shallow overlapping lobes, rim flanged and minutely crenate.

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Celtic chiefCeltic Chief, 2 Y-Y, Noel A. Burr, England, 1989
Photo #3237 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA