Petrel
Classification:
5 W-W[ Triandrus ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Registered:
Yes, 1970
Seed Parent: 
Quick Step 7 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year of first flowering: 1955
Wild Rose x N. jonquilla ?
Quick Step
Pollen Parent: 
N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. triandrus Division 13 Species
Section: Ganymedes
N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. triandrus
Seedling Number:
C52/1
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls up to 7 or more per stem, ivory white; perianth segments broadly oblong in outline, blunt or truncate at apex, slightly mucronate, a little reflexed, plane, overlapping one-third; the inner segments with margins wavy; corona cup-shaped, mouth straight, even, rim obscurely crenate. With occasional secondary stems. Resembles ‘Quick Step’ but with much broader perianth segments. It is a sibling to ‘Ringing Bell’s’.

Origin of Name

Part of Grant Mitsch’s “Bird Series”. Named after the ocean dwelling bird, Petrel, that lives on the Oregon Coast.