Janis Babson
Classification:
2 W-GWP[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 1968
Seed Parent: 
Cordial 2 W-P 
Murray Evans, United States
Year Registered: 1970
Pink Lace x Interim
Cordial
Pollen Parent: 
Caro Nome 2 W-WPP 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1954
Green Island x Glenshane
Caro Nome
Seedling Number:
G-25
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Comments

Fl. 102 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, slightly mucronate, pure white, spreading or a little inflexed, overlapping half; corona short funnel-shaped, heavily ribbed, white, with yellow-green at base and a broad band of pink at rim, mouth straight, deeply 6-lobed, frilled, rim crenate. Resembles ‘Audubon’ but with a whiter and more heavily frilled corona with a clearer pink at rim.

Origin of Name

Named in memory of this Canadian girl who received posthumous acclaim with the donation of her corneas for transplant after her death from leukemia at the age of 10. She specifically requested this donation herself and inspired others to do the same.