Rakuou
Classification:
2 Y-YYO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
, Fukushimaken, Japan
Registered:
Yes, 2002
Seed Parent: 
Imperial 2 Y-Y 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1972
Playboy x Daydream
Imperial
Pollen Parent: 
Bossa Nova 3 O-R 
Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1983
Altruist x Ulster Bank
Bossa Nova
Seedling Number:
M-269
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded, 95 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, brilliant yellow, with slight white mucro, spreading, concave, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments a little narrower, with margins occasionally nicked at mid-point; corona bowl-shaped, ribbed, slightly deeper in tone, with a broad band of strong orange at rim, mouth widely expanded, wavy, with rim irregularly notched and crenate.

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