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Classification:
2 W-P[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Colin Crotty

Geraldine, New Zealand

Colin Crotty

Colin (left) and son-in-law Gordon Coombe

Colin Crotty
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2005
Seed Parent: 
Presidential Pink 2 W-P 
Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States
Year Registered: 1985
[(Mabel Taylor x Green Island) x Caro Nome] x Space Ship
Presidential Pink
Pollen Parent: 
( 2 W-P x unknown )
Seedling Number:
55-96
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Sky Song
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
Descendants TreeClick this icon to display the Descendants of Sky Song
Comments

Fl. rounded, 110 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, shouldered at base, blunt, mucronate, pure white, spreading, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping; inner segments narrower; corona cup-shaped, ribbed, light pink, shading to bright pink at rim, mouth flared and frilled, with rim dentate. Sweetly scented. Resembles a better formed ‘Presidential Pink’.

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Sky SongSky Song, 2 W-P, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2005
Photo #41699 John F. McLennan, New ZealandSky songSky Song, 2 W-P, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2005
Photo #10518 Gordon Coombes, New ZealandSky songSky Song, 2 W-P, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2005
Photo #10517 Gordon Coombes, New Zealand