Neon Star
Classification:
3 W-R[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
2012
Hybridizer:

Gordon Coombes

Geraldine, New Zealand

Gordon Coombes
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2019
Seed Parent: 
Newcomer 3 W-P 
Murray Evans, United States
Year of first flowering: 1979
Quasar x (seedling~ x Everpink)
Newcomer
Pollen Parent: 
Ruby Lustre 2 W-R 
Colin Crotty, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 2002
Culmination x Presidential Pink
Ruby Lustre
Seedling Number:
G24-12
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 92mm wide; perianth segments 42mm long, broadly ovate, rounded, slightly mucronate, white, spreading, plane or with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half or more; the inner segments narrower, shouldered at base; corona 13mm long, cup-shaped, ribbed, deep pinkish red, mouth straight and lightly frilled, with rim dentate. Strongly scented.

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Neon StarNeon Star, 3 W-R, Gordon Coombes, New Zealand, 2019
Photo #58600 Gordon Coombes, New Zealand