Chicago Fire
Classification:
2 O-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Registered:
Yes, 2000
Seed Parent: 
Heath Fire 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1964
Air Marshal x Firecracker
Heath Fire
Pollen Parent: 
Wild Fire 2 Y-O 
Lindsay P. Dettman, Australia
Year Registered: 1977
Vulcan x Spelter
Wild Fire
Seedling Number:
84-148-1
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. more or less rounded, 85 mm wide, facing up; perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, shouldered at base, deep golden yellow, suffused orange, spreading, plane, with margins incurling, smooth and of heavy substance, with midrib showing, overlapping; the inner segments narrower; corona cup-shaped, smooth, mid-orange, mouth ribbed and straight, even, with rim crenate. Sunproof. Sweetly scented. Resembles a taller and more intensely colored ‘Heath Fire’.