Fl. 85 mm wide; perianth segments very broad, prominently mucronate, creamy white, spreading, concave, overlapping half or more; inner segments narrower, slightly mucronate, margins wavy; cup is split to base, the six segments more than half as long as the perianth segments and alternate to them, opening with a longitudinal band of yellow at midrib, becoming self creamy white, darker in tone than the perianth, inflexed, frilled, overlapping, sometimes with a short extra growth at the overlap. Spelled ‘Papillon Blanche’ until 1966.
'Papillon Blanche'
Papillon Blanc, 11b W-W, J.W.A. Lefeber, the Netherlands, 1960
Photo #51414 Heath Family Archives, USAPapillon Blanc, 11b W-W, J.W.A. Lefeber, the Netherlands, 1960
Photo #51413 Heath Family Archives, USA