Pirongia Dusk
Classification:
2 YYW-YYP[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
2007
Hybridizer:
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2017
Seed Parent: 
Tauhoa 2 YYW-Y 
Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1999
Lemon Candy x Kabonova
Tauhoa
Pollen Parent: 
Oregon Pioneer 2 Y-P 
Richard and Elise Havens, United States
Year Registered: 1995
Widgeon x Pink Silk
Oregon Pioneer
Seedling Number:
07-041
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 104mm wide; perianth segments 40mm long, ovate, blunt, bright greenish yellow 4A, with white at base, spreading, plane or with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower; corona 36mm long, funnel-shaped, smooth, light yellow (4D), with pale purplish pink 56C at rim, mouth ribbed and frilled, with rim flanged and 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.