Silver Sparks
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Classification:
8 W-W[ Tazetta ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Harold Koopowitz

Orange County, California, USA

Harold Koopowitz
, California, USA
Registered:
Yes, 2009
Seed Parent: 
N. dubius Division 13 Species
Section: Tazettae
N. dubius
Pollen Parent: 
Emerald Sea 7 W-G 
John A. Hunter, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1999
Sea Dream x N. viridiflorus
Emerald Sea
Seedling Number:
01-011/1
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 21 mm wide; 4-8 flowers per stem; perianth segments 8 mm long, ovate in outline, rounded at apex, mucronate, opening soft lemon yellow, becoming white, spreading, plane or with margins incurling, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping one-third; the inner segments narrower; corona 3 mm long, white.

Origin of Name

Named because this flower reminds Dr. Koopowitz of hand-held fireworks sparklers.

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Silver SparksSilver Sparks, 8 W-W, Harold Koopowitz, United States, 2009
Photo #46874 Harold Koopowitz, USASilver sparksSilver Sparks, 8 W-W, Harold Koopowitz, United States, 2009
Photo #18322 Harold Koopowitz, USA