Pirongia Lemon
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 MillerRegistered:
Yes, 2013
Seed Parent:
Tauhoa 2 YYW-Y
Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1999
Lemon Candy x Kabonova
Tauhoa
Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1999
Lemon Candy x Kabonova
TauhoaPollen Parent:
Impeccable 2 Y-Y
David Jackson, Australia
Year of first flowering: 1984
Abona x Seedling 3/74 (Warbin x Yarley)
Impeccable
David Jackson, Australia
Year of first flowering: 1984
Abona x Seedling 3/74 (Warbin x Yarley)
ImpeccableSeedling Number:
05-18
Descendants:
None
Comments
Fl. 126mm wide; perianth segments 51mm long, ovate, blunt, lemon yellow, with a band of white at base, spreading, plane or with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance; the inner segments narrower; corona 36mm long, funnel-shaped, opening lemon yellow, becoming white, 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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