Pirongia Princess
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Classification:
4 W-OOY[ Double ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1997
Hybridizer:

Graeme and Faith Miller

Tokoroa, New Zealand; Te Awamutu

Graeme and Faith Miller
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2013
Seed Parent: 
Symptom 3 W-O 
David Jackson, Australia
Year of first flowering: 1977
Kabi x Envoy
Symptom
Pollen Parent: 
Hamilton 60-89
Seedling Number:
97/49
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Pirongia Princess
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded, 101mm wide; perianth segments 38mm long, very broadly ovate, blunt, white, spreading, concave, with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance; corona orange, with a band of yellow at rim.

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 PrincessPirongia Princess, 4 W-OOY, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2013
Photo #60656 John F. McLennan, New ZealandPirongia PrincessPirongia Princess, 4 W-OOY, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2013
Photo #60655 John F. McLennan, New ZealandPirongia PrincessPirongia Princess, 4 W-OOY, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2013
Photo #55935 Kirby Fong, USAPirongia PrincessPirongia Princess, 4 W-OOY, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2013
Photo #53292 John F. McLennan, New ZealandPirongia PrincessPirongia Princess, 4 W-OOY, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2013
Photo #53291 John F. McLennan, New ZealandPirongia PrincessPirongia Princess, 4 W-OOY, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2013
Photo #51588 Graeme Miller, New ZealandPirongia PrincessPirongia Princess, 4 W-OOY, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2013
Photo #31038 Margaret Tyrrell, New Zealand