Rode Hoed
Classification:
2 Y-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Registered:
Yes, 2010
Seed Parent: 
Red Ember 3 Y-R 
Jim A. O'More, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1971
Merry King x 52/65 [Chungking x (Dunkeld x Rustom Pasha)]
Red Ember
Pollen Parent: 
Red Alert 2 Y-R 
G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1979
Orator x Loch Hope
Red Alert
Seedling Number:
94:60
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 110mm diameter; double triangle; perianth segments 32mm long, ovate, spreading, smooth; 20mm long, bowl-shaped, smooth corona, with rim flanged and dentate.

Origin of Name

This name is Dutch for the words “red hat” and comes from the Ramsay’s recollection of meeting the Red Hat ladies in St. Louis at the Missouri Botanical Gardens (MOBOT), in the company of a famous Dutchman.