Panchali
Classification:
8 Y-O[ Tazetta ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2008
Seed Parent: 
Matador 8 Y-GOO 
Oregon Bulb Farms, United States
Year Registered: 1958
Admiration ? x open pollinated
Matador
Pollen Parent: 
N. jonquilla Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. jonquilla
Seedling Number:
MJ-4
Descendants:
None
Comments

3-5 fls/stem, rounded; perianth segments very broadly ovate, spreading; corona bowl-shaped, broadly ribbed, mouth straight; sweetly scented.

Origin of Name

In the hybridizer’s words: “This name attached to my brain many, many years ago and I don’t know why and why it stuck there over the years. I was pretty certain that the full name Pather Panchali, was the name of the first Indian (Asian) novel to ever become popular in the west. I have just this moment confirmed (via Google) that the name did come from an Indian novel by one (unpronounceable) Bibhutibhasan Bandyopadhay. It was made into a Bengali film in 1955 when directed by Satyajit Ray. The flowers colouring fits well with the heat of Indian Bengal.”