Pirongia Sorbet
Classification:
2 W-Y[ 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:
Ebony 1 W-Y
David S. Bell, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1977
David Bell x open pollinated
Ebony
David S. Bell, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1977
David Bell x open pollinated
EbonyPollen Parent:
POPS Legacy 1 W-Y
Dr. William (Bill) Bender, United States
Year of first flowering: 1975
Phillips seedling x open pollinated
POPS Legacy
Dr. William (Bill) Bender, United States
Year of first flowering: 1975
Phillips seedling x open pollinated
POPS LegacySeedling Number:
03-28
Descendants:
None
Comments
Fl. 105mm wide; perianth segments 42mm long; broadly ovate, white, spreading, concave, with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance; the inner segments narrower; corona 39mm long, cylindrical, lemon yellow, smooth, mouth flared and frilled, with rim rolled 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.
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