Polar Express
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Classification:
1 W-W[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1988
Hybridizer:

John A. Hunter

Nelson, New Zealand

John A. Hunter
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1999
Seed Parent: 
Panache 1 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1962
(Courage x Broughshane) x Empress of Ireland
Panache
Pollen Parent: 
(
Glendermott 2 W-GWW 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1957
Truth x Broughshane
Glendermott
x
Kotuku 2 W-W 
Arthur B. Davey, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1974
Kanchenjunga x Carnlough
Kotuku
)
Seedling Number:
38/83A
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded, 110 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, rounded at apex, spreading, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping; corona with mouth flared and wavy.

Origin of Name

Part of John Hunter’s “Polar Series”.

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Polar ExpressPolar Express, 1 W-W, John A. Hunter, New Zealand, 1999
Photo #52228 Margaret Seconi, New ZealandPolar expressPolar Express, 1 W-W, John A. Hunter, New Zealand, 1999
Photo #11833 Ben Blake, USAPolar expressPolar Express, 1 W-W, John A. Hunter, New Zealand, 1999
Photo #11832 Ben Blake, USAPolar expressPolar Express, 1 W-W, John A. Hunter, New Zealand, 1999
Photo #11831 Ben Blake, USAPolar expressPolar Express, 1 W-W, John A. Hunter, New Zealand, 1999
Photo #11139 Kirby Fong, USA