Miss Olivia
Classification:
2 W-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Glenbrook Bulb Farm

Glenbrook Bulb Farm
, Tasmania, Australia
Registered:
Yes, 2011
Registrant:

Richard and Ida Perrignon

Richard and Ida Perrignon
Seed Parent: 
Heralding 1 W-W 
Ross Henry Glover, Australia
Year Registered: 1975
Glenshesk x Gwyn
Heralding
Pollen Parent: 
Chaos 1 W-W 
William Jackson, Jr., Australia
Year Registered: 1976
Cilla x Glendermott
Chaos
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 91mm wide; perianth segments 38mm long, ovate, blunt, slightly mucronate, pure white, spreading to a little inflexed, plane, with midrib showing, of heavy substance, overlapping a quarter to one-third; the inner segments narrower, acute at apex; corona 33mm long, cylindrical, lightly and broadly ribbed, creamy white, becoming white, mouth narrowly flared and neatly frilled, with rim minutely crenate.

Origin of Name

Named by the hybridizer for Olivia Perrignon, the 3-year-old daughter of his friends Richard & Ida Perrignon, after Olivia’s survival from a long and potentially fatal illness.