Shalako
Classification:
8 W-O[ Tazetta ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
2008
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 2013
Seed Parent: 
Matador 8 Y-GOO 
Oregon Bulb Farms, United States
Year Registered: 1958
Admiration ? x open pollinated
Matador
Pollen Parent: 
DuBose (
Soleil d'Or 8 Y-O 
: Unknown, France
Year Registered: 1731
Soleil d'Or
x open pollinated )
Seedling Number:
13-1-61
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls rounded, 5-8 per stem, 45mm wide; perianth segments 17mm long, very broadly ovate, truncate, prominently mucronate, a little inflexed, concave, with margins wavy, smooth, overlapping half or more; the inner segments narrower, less prominently mucronate; corona 8mm long, bowl-shaped, ribbed, mouth expanded and wavy, with rim entire.

Origin of Name

Named for the Zuni celebration of dances and ceremonies conducted at the winter solstice, and is a reenactment by Tribal katsina priests of the creation and migration of the Zuni people. The Zunis are a tribe of Pueblo Native Americans.