Early Orbit
Classification:
4 Y-YOO[ Double ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2010
Seed Parent: 
Kazan 2 Y-O 
Douglas N.Y. Olson, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1973
Armada x (Kingscourt x Crescendo)
Kazan
Pollen Parent: 
Golden Orbit 4 Y-Y 
K.J. Heazlewood, Australia
Year Registered: 1981
Glowing Red x Rouge
Golden Orbit
Seedling Number:
93-31
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
4 times as pollen
Comments

Fl. 110mm diameter; perianth and petaloid segments light to mid-yellow; corona segments two-thirds the length and half the width of the petaloid segments, opening yellow with band of orange at rim, becoming orange with yellow at base; sunproof.

Origin of Name

Named after its Pollen Parent, ‘Golden Orbit’ and because it blooms very early.