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Classification:
2 W-P[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1972
Hybridizer:

G.W.E. Brogden

b 1894 d 1993

Hawera, New Zealand; Normanby; Marton. In partnership with M.E.Brogden from 1968; trading with him as Brogden Bulbs 1989-1993

G.W.E. Brogden
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2007
Registrant:

Brogden Bulbs

Brogden Bulbs
Seed Parent: 
Solinus 2 W-P 
William Jackson, Jr., Australia
Year of first flowering: 1957
Illinga x Pink Monarch
Solinus
Pollen Parent: 
Fintona 2 W-P 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1956
2W-P seedling (Nautilus x Lisbreen) x 2W-P seedling~ (Suda x Evening)
Fintona
Seedling Number:
N.T. 48
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 115 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, only slightly mucronate, white, spreading, a little concave, smooth, overlapping half; the inner segments ovate, shouldered at base, a little inflexed, with margins wavy; corona funnel-shaped, finely ribbed towards mouth, salmon pink, mouth flared, with rim rolled in places, notched and crenate. First flowered prior to 1991.

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