Pirongia Pink
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Classification:
2 W-P[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1995
Hybridizer:

Graeme and Faith Miller

Tokoroa, New Zealand; Te Awamutu

Graeme and Faith Miller
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2005
Seed Parent: 
Sedate 2 W-P 
Phil Phillips, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1967
Sedate
Pollen Parent: 
Hunter 1 W-P 27/2 seedling
Seedling Number:
95/13
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 93 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, blunt, spreading, concave, with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping; the inner segments narrower; corona funnel-shaped, smooth, mouth flared and wavy, with rim crenate.

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 PinkPirongia Pink, 2 W-P, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2005
Photo #41445 Kirby Fong, USAPirongia PinkPirongia Pink, 2 W-P, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2005
Photo #41444 Kirby Fong, USAPirongia pinkPirongia Pink, 2 W-P, Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand, 2005
Photo #8772 Graeme Miller, New Zealand