Kakariki
Classification:
3 W-O[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
2008
Hybridizer:
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2019
Seed Parent: 
N. atlanticus Division 13 Species
Section: Apodanthi
N. atlanticus
Pollen Parent: 
McQuarrie 9W-R A42 Seedling
Seedling Number:
M95-H
Pedigree Chart:
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 38mm wide; perianth segments 16mm long, roundish, very broad, blunt, mucronate, a little reflexed, plane or with margins incurved, with midrib showing, of heavy substance, overlapping half or more; the inner segments ovate, scarcely mucronate, more nearly spreading, shouldered at base; corona 5mm long, bowl-shaped, smooth, mouth straight, wavy and lightly ribbed, with rim entire. Dwarf. Mid-season. Sweetly scented. Nomenclatural Standard: colour print 

A sister to ‘Ninepins’ 

 

Origin of Name

‘Kakariki’ is the Maori word for Parakeet.