Solar Surprise
Classification:
3 W-O[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Registered:
Yes, 2016
Registrant:

Roger Braithwaite

Roger Braithwaite
, England, UK
Seed Parent: 
Dunley Hall 3 W-GYY 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year of first flowering: 1971
Loch Assynt x Blanchard 68/15A {(Canisp x Vigil) x [Canisp x (Vigil x Empress of Ireland)]}
Dunley Hall
Pollen Parent: 
Doctor Hugh 3 W-GOO 
Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1975
Mahmoud x Don Carlos
Doctor Hugh
Seedling Number:
370
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 110mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, truncate, mucronate, white, touched yellow at base, spreading, plane, with margins incurling, smooth and of membranaceous substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, shouldered at base, scarcely mucronate; corona cup-shaped, smooth, orange, darker in tone towards the rim, mouth expanded, ribbed, wavy and lobed, with lobes overlapping.