Mr. Cool
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Classification:
2 YYW-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1981
Hybridizer:

Colin Crotty

Geraldine, New Zealand

Colin Crotty

Colin (left) and son-in-law Gordon Coombe

Colin Crotty
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1998
Seed Parent: 
Honeybird 1 Y-W 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year of first flowering: 1950
King of the North x Content
Honeybird
Pollen Parent: 
open pollinated
Seedling Number:
67-81
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 100 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, acute, lemon yellow, with white at base, spreading, concave, with margins incurling, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping; the inner segments narrower; corona funnel-shaped, smooth, paler in tone than the perianth, with bright yellow at rim, mouth lobed and flared, rim flanged and dentate.

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Mr. coolMr. Cool, 2 YYW-Y, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 1998
Photo #10401 Gordon Coombes, New Zealand