Lady Ness
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Classification:
11a W-P[ Split-Cupped Collar ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Colin Crotty

Geraldine, New Zealand

Colin Crotty

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

Colin Crotty
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2003
Seed Parent: 
Leisa 11a W-YPP 
Colin Crotty, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1981
Pearlshell x Accent
Leisa
Pollen Parent: 
Eclat 2 W-YPP 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1970
Caro Nome x Accent
Eclat
Seedling Number:
90-95
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 103 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, mucronate, reflexed, concave, with midrib showing, membranaceous, overlapping; the inner segments narrower; corona segments closely overlying the perianth segments, ribbed, soft pink, flushed yellow, with a deeper tone of pink at rim, lobed, with rim dentate. Strongly scented. Sunproof.

Origin of Name

Named in honor of Colin Crotty’s wife.

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Lady nessLady Ness, 11a W-P, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2003
Photo #10354 Gordon Coombes, New Zealand