Keira Bulbs
Kambah, ACT, Australia
Keira BulbsSection: Jonquilla
N. fernandesii
Fls 2-3 per stem, rounded, 40 mm wide; perianth segments broadly or very broadly ovate, shouldered at base, rounded at apex, only slightly mucronate, pale greenish yellow spreading or slightly inflexed, concave, with margins incurling in places, with midrib showing, of heavy substance, overlapping half; corona cup-shaped, loosely ribbed, light yellowish pink with a darker tone than the perianth segments at base, mouth straight, wavy, with rim entire. Strongly scented.
Named in honor of Tasmanian Senator, and former Federal government minister, Jocelyn Newman.