Cornsilk
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Classification:
11a Y-Y[ Split-Cupped Collar ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1988
Hybridizer:

Colin Crotty

Geraldine, New Zealand

Colin Crotty

Colin (left) and son-in-law Gordon Coombe

Colin Crotty
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1997
Seed Parent: 
Honeybird 1 Y-W 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year of first flowering: 1950
King of the North x Content
Honeybird
Pollen Parent: 
open pollinated
Seedling Number:
4-88
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 104 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, mid-yellow, slightly reflexed; corona segments about three-quarters the length of the perianth segments and closely overlying them, deeper in tone, with a hint of orange, smooth, deeply lobed.

Synonyms:

'Clockwork#'

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CornsilkCornsilk, 11a Y-Y, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 1997
Photo #51283 Kirby Fong, USACornsilkCornsilk, 11a Y-Y, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 1997
Photo #10229 Gordon Coombes, New ZealandCornsilkCornsilk, 11a Y-Y, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 1997
Photo #10228 Gordon Coombes, New ZealandCornsilkCornsilk, 11a Y-Y, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 1997
Photo #9612 Noeline McLaren, New Zealand