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Classification:
2 Y-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

M.E. (Spud) Brogden

Normanby, New Zealand. In partnership with G.W.E. Brogden from 1968; trading as Brogden Bulbs from 1989 (with G.W.E. Brogden until 1993)

M.E. (Spud) BrogdenM.E. (Spud) Brogden
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2010
Seed Parent: 
Redlands Too 2 Y-R 
J. M. Radcliff, Australia
Year Registered: 1987
Seedling 5/75 x Seedling 33/77
Redlands Too
Pollen Parent: 
Sabre 2 Y-R 
G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1981
(Air Marshal x Orator) x Falstaff
Sabre
Seedling Number:
BB6-01-13
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Southern Command
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 109mm diameter, rounded; perianth segments 45mm long, very broad, deep glistening yellow, spreading plane, smooth; 24mm long, cup-shaped, smooth, deep orange-red corona; mouth even; listed in 2010 catalog as Southern Cross.

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Southern CommandSouthern Command, 2 Y-R, M.E. (Spud) Brogden, New Zealand, 2010
Photo #47198 Tom Stettner, USASouthern CommandSouthern Command, 2 Y-R, M.E. (Spud) Brogden, New Zealand, 2010
Photo #46592 Malcolm Wheeler, New ZealandSouthern CommandSouthern Command, 2 Y-R, M.E. (Spud) Brogden, New Zealand, 2010
Photo #46591 Malcolm Wheeler, New ZealandSouthern CommandSouthern Command, 2 Y-R, M.E. (Spud) Brogden, New Zealand, 2010
Photo #33012 Rose Bradley, USASouthern commandSouthern Command, 2 Y-R, M.E. (Spud) Brogden, New Zealand, 2010
Photo #23958 Kirby Fong, USA