Pirongia Dawn
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Classification:
2 YYW-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Graeme and Faith Miller

Tokoroa, New Zealand; Te Awamutu

Graeme and Faith Miller
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2013
Seed Parent: 
Tauhoa 2 YYW-Y 
Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1999
Lemon Candy x Kabonova
Tauhoa
Pollen Parent: 
Impeccable 2 Y-Y 
David Jackson, Australia
Year of first flowering: 1984
Abona x Seedling 3/74 (Warbin x Yarley)
Impeccable
Seedling Number:
03/12
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded, 107mm wide; perianth segments 40mm long, roundish in outline, lemon yellow, with a narrow band of white at base, spreading, concave, with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance; the inner segments narrower; corona 39mm long, funnel-shaped, opening lemon yellow, becoming creamy-white, angled, mouth flared and frilled, with rim dentate.

Origin of Name

Part of the Miller’s “Pirongia Series”. Pirongia is the name of the nearest town where the Millers live. It is also the name of a nearby mountain.

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Pirongia DawnPirongia Dawn, 2 YYW-W, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2013
Photo #52779 Graeme Miller, New ZealandPirongia DawnPirongia Dawn, 2 YYW-W, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2013
Photo #51585 Graeme Miller, New ZealandPirongia DawnPirongia Dawn, 2 YYW-W, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2013
Photo #32712 Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand