Derek Tangye
Classification:
2 Y-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 2011
Seed Parent: 
(
Saint Keverne 2 Y-Y 
Michael Percival Williams, England
Year Registered: 1934
(Royalist x unknown)
Saint Keverne
x
Golden Aura 2 Y-Y 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1964
Halo x open pollinated
Golden Aura
)
Pollen Parent: 
Loch Lundie 2 Y-O 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1978
1-63-53 (Spry x Chungking) x 1-8-58 [2-53-52 (Mexico x Carbineer) x 1-63-53 (Spry x Chungking)]
Loch Lundie
Seedling Number:
605
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 102mm wide; perianth segments 41mm long, very broadly ovate, blunt, mucronate, rich yellow, spreading, concave, with margins incurling, with midrib showing, of heavy substance, overlapping half or more; the inner segments narrower and a little inflexed; corona 32mm long, funnel-shaped, smooth, soft orange, mouth flared and wavy, with rim dentate. Mid-season to late. Sunproof.

Origin of Name

Named to commemorate Derek Tangye’s book Gull on the Roof, which was published 50 years ago. Registered on behalf of the Friends of Minack Society.