Makahu
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Classification:
1 W-P[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to 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, 2002
Seed Parent: 
Dear Me 2 W-P 
Tom H. Piper, Australia
Year of first flowering: 1965
Nina x (Keera x Bon Rose)
Dear Me
Pollen Parent: 
Hunter 1 W-P 27/2 seedling
Seedling Number:
94/25
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded, 103 mm wide; perianth segments very broad, blunt, spreading, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping; corona funnel-shaped, smooth, mouth flared and even, with rim rolled and crenate.

Origin of Name

Named for a little place in Taranaki New Zealand, near the small rural school where Graeme Miller was the principal at Huiroa from 1979 to 1981.

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MakahuMakahu, 1 W-P, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2002
Photo #46577 Ron Tyrrell, New ZealandMakahuMakahu, 1 W-P, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2002
Photo #11032 Kirby Fong, USAMakahuMakahu, 1 W-P, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2002
Photo #11031 Kirby Fong, USAMakahuMakahu, 1 W-P, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2002
Photo #11030 Kirby Fong, USAMakahuMakahu, 1 W-P, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2002
Photo #9487 John Castor, USAMakahuMakahu, 1 W-P, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2002
Photo #8770 Graeme Miller, New ZealandMakahuMakahu, 1 W-P, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2002
Photo #2173 Kirby Fong, USAMakahuMakahu, 1 W-P, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2002
Photo #2172 Kirby Fong, USAMakahuMakahu, 1 W-P, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2002
Photo #2171 Kirby Fong, USA