The Brodie of Brodie
b 1868 d 1943
Forres, Grampian, Scotland
The Brodie of BrodiePerianth segments broadly ovate, blunt or slightly truncate, slightly mucronate, pure white, spreading or a little reflexed, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segments a little narrower, more nearly spreading, with margins wavy or incurled; corona almost disc-shaped, ribbed, deep red, with a narrow band of yellow at base and prominent green in tube, mouth wavy and sometimes folded.
A description according to the Calvert Catalog dated 1934: “A nice Barrii with white perianth and the most striking deep red eye.”
Pera, 3 W-GYR, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1927
Photo #51637 Calvert Catalog, EnglandPera, 3 W-GYR, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1927
Photo #51636 Calvert Catalog, EnglandPera, 3 W-GYR, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1927
Photo #31230 RHS Yearbook, England