Conundrum
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Classification:
2 Y-YOO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Denise E. McQuarrie

Denise E. McQuarrie
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2012
Seed Parent: 
Carib Gipsy 2 Y-WWY 
A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England
Year Registered: 1987
Camelot x Daydream
Carib Gipsy
Pollen Parent: 
Sabre 2 Y-R 
G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1981
(Air Marshal x Orator) x Falstaff
Sabre
Seedling Number:
G9
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Conundrum
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded, 110mm wide; perianth segments 46mm long, very broadly ovate, blunt, mucronate, spreading, plane or with margins slightly incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; corona 42mm long, cylindrical, smooth, mouth flared and frilled, with rim crenate. Sunproof. The color of the corona may vary, sometimes remaining deep yellow, rather than maturing to orange.

Origin of Name

Named for the color, which changes and so proves a conundrum to register.

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ConundrumConundrum, 2 Y-YOO, Denise E. McQuarrie, New Zealand, 2012
Photo #60410 Denise E. McQuarrie, New ZealandConundrumConundrum, 2 Y-YOO, Denise E. McQuarrie, New Zealand, 2012
Photo #49969 Kirby Fong, USAConundrumConundrum, 2 Y-YOO, Denise E. McQuarrie, New Zealand, 2012
Photo #49378 Kirby Fong, USAConundrumConundrum, 2 Y-YOO, Denise E. McQuarrie, New Zealand, 2012
Photo #49377 Kirby Fong, USA