Railene
Classification:
2 W-WWO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1989
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 2000
Seed Parent: 
Cherryrim 2 W-YYR 
Ron Hyde, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1963
Cherryrim
Pollen Parent: 
Accent 2 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1960
Interim x Interlude
Accent
Seedling Number:
25-89
Pedigree Chart:
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 110 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, acute, mucronate, shouldered at base, spreading, with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, with midrib showing, overlapping; the inner segments narrower; corona bowl-shaped, smooth, whitish cream, with a broad band of copper-orange at rim, mouth expanded and lobed, wavy, with rim flanged and crenate.

Origin of Name

Believed to be named after a family friend, Railene Mabin, who planted thousands of daffodil bulbs at Taniwha Station in Hawke’s Bay New Zealand.

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RaileneRailene, 2 W-WWO, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #2575 Kirby Fong, USA