Ma Iti
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Classification:
3 W-W[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Graeme and Faith Miller

Tokoroa, New Zealand; Te Awamutu

Graeme and Faith Miller
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2004
Seed Parent: 
Sea Dream 3 W-GWW 
Jim A. O'More, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1968
Nelly x Chinese White
Sea Dream
Pollen Parent: 
Silver Kiwi 2 W-W 
G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1975
(Verona x unknown)
Silver Kiwi
Seedling Number:
94/44
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded, 96 mm wide; perianth segments very broad, spreading, concave, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping; the inner segments narrower; corona disc-shaped, angled, mouth ribbed, frilled, with rim dentate. Occasionally with 2 flowers per stem.

Origin of Name

Named for the Maori word ‘small white’ because it has a small white cup.

Synonyms:

'Iti Ma'

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Ma ItiMa Iti, 3 W-W, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2004
Photo #51703 John F. McLennan, New ZealandMa itiMa Iti, 3 W-W, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2004
Photo #41237 Kirby Fong, USAMa itiMa Iti, 3 W-W, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2004
Photo #11037 Kirby Fong, USAMa itiMa Iti, 3 W-W, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2004
Photo #8771 Graeme Miller, New ZealandMa itiMa Iti, 3 W-W, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2004
Photo #2211 Kirby Fong, USA