Lydick
Classification:
2 W-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1990
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 2001
Seed Parent: 
Space Ship 2 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1974
[(Precedent x Carita) x (Radiation x Mabel Taylor)] x Interim
Space Ship
Pollen Parent: 
Culmination 2 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1982
Romance x Cool Flame
Culmination
Seedling Number:
83-15-2
Pedigree Chart:
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
Comments

Fl. rounded, 100 mm wide, facing up; perianth segments very broadly ovate, shouldered at base, mucronate, spreading, concave, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping; the inner segments narrower; corona bowl-shaped, ribbed, salmon red, mouth expanded and frilled, with rim dentate. Mid-season. Sweetly scented. Resembles an improved ‘Space Ship’ with the stem, neck and color of ‘Culmination’.

Origin of Name

Named for a small local Indiana town (USA).