Pirongia Flame
Classification:
3 O-R[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
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 MillerRegistered:
Yes, 2013
Seed Parent:
Nakajima 3 Y-R
David Jackson, Australia
Year of first flowering: 1979
Kopi x Tia
Nakajima
David Jackson, Australia
Year of first flowering: 1979
Kopi x Tia
NakajimaPollen Parent:
Wayby 2 Y-R
Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1998
Red Ember x Dynasty
Wayby
Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1998
Red Ember x Dynasty
WaybySeedling Number:
07-108
Descendants:
None
Comments
Fl. rounded, 110mm wide; perianth segments 47mm long, broadly ovate, blunt, spreading, plane or with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance; the inner segments narrower; corona 15mm long, cup-shaped, ribbed, 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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