Honeychild
Classification:
3 W-WYO[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
2002
Hybridizer:

Colin Crotty

Geraldine, New Zealand

Colin Crotty

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

Colin Crotty
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2008
Seed Parent: 
Sun Child 2 W-GWY 
Colin Crotty, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1976
Eminent x Lysander
Sun Child
Pollen Parent: 
Pure Magic 2 W-W 
G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1991
Pure Magic
Seedling Number:
37-02
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

100mm; perianth segments 41mm long, very broadly ovate; corona 10mm long, disc-shaped, ribbed, mouth expanded and lightly frilled; sweetly scented.

Origin of Name

Named as a follow on to the Seed Parent ‘Sun Child’.

Synonyms:

'Sun Song'

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HoneychildHoneychild, 3 W-WYO, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2008
Photo #46235 Colin Crotty, New Zealand