Royal Connection
Classification:
8 Y-O[ Tazetta ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1967
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 2000
Registrant:

Trenoweth R. and D. Ltd

Trenoweth R. and D. Ltd
Seed Parent: 
Matador 8 Y-GOO 
Oregon Bulb Farms, United States
Year Registered: 1958
Admiration ? x open pollinated
Matador
Pollen Parent: 
Grand Soleil d'Or 8 Y-O 
: Unknown, the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1770
Grand Soleil d'Or
Seedling Number:
USA66/49/19
Fertility:
Believed to be Seed fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 4-7 per stem, 55 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate in outline, blunt or rounded at apex, vivid yellow, with prominent white mucro, reflexed, creased, of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments less prominently mucronate, spreading or inflexed, more strongly creased, often with margins folded back from midrib; corona bowl-shaped, loosely ribbed, strong orange, frilled, with rim crenate. Sunproof. Strongly scented. Resembles a later-flowered and more brightly colored ‘Hugh Town’.