Maricopa
Classification:
8 W-Y[ Tazetta ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
2008
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 2014
Seed Parent: 
Matador 8 Y-GOO 
Oregon Bulb Farms, United States
Year Registered: 1958
Admiration ? x open pollinated
Matador
Pollen Parent: 
DuBose (
Soleil d'Or 8 Y-O 
: Unknown, France
Year Registered: 1731
Soleil d'Or
x open pollinated )
Seedling Number:
1-13-62
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 3-5 per stem, 50mm wide; perianth segments 21mm long, ovate in outline, rounded at apex, mucronate, white, spreading, plane to a little concave, with margins incurved or wavy, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments a little narrower, scarcely mucronate; corona 5mm long, cup-shaped, irregularly ribbed, mouth straight and a little wavy, with rim entire.

Origin of Name

Named for a Native American tribe in Arizona, U.S.A., who were renowned as skilled pottery makers.