Matangi Gold
Classification:
2 Y-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Registered:
Yes, 2012
Seed Parent: 
Gold Duet 2 Y-Y 
Peter D.K. Ramsay, New Zealand
Year Registered: 2007
Gold Convention x Golden Jewel
Gold Duet
Pollen Parent: 
Jim's Gold 2 Y-Y 
Jim A. O'More, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1976
Golden Aura x Bawnboy
Jim's Gold
Seedling Number:
08:78
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 110mm wide; perianth segments 36mm long, rounded and truncate, spreading, plane or with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping a quarter; the inner segments narrower; corona 33mm long, cup-shaped, smooth, mouth flared and even, with rim dentate.

Origin of Name

Part of the Ramsay’s “Matangi Series.” Matangi is the name of the road where the Ramsay’s live. The word Matangi in the Maori language means “breeze”. Also, both parents have “Gold” in their names.