Star Cluster
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Classification:
7 YYW-W[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

John A. Hunter

Nelson, New Zealand

John A. Hunter
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2010
Seed Parent: 
Hillstar 7 YYW-YWW 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1979
Daydream x N. jonquilla
Hillstar
Pollen Parent: 
Elfin Dell 2 W-P 
John A. Hunter, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1989
Easter Moon x Pink Era
Elfin Dell
Seedling Number:
88/94A
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Believed to be Seed fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 85mm diameter; 3 fls/stem, double triangle; perianth segments 35mm long, ovate, brilliant greenish yellow w/band of white at base, spreading, plane; 17mm long cup-shaped, smooth corona, opening white w/a pink flush, becoming white; sweetly scented.

Origin of Name

Part of John Hunter’s “Star Series.”

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Star ClusterStar Cluster, 7 YYW-W, John A. Hunter, New Zealand, 2010
Photo #35114 Kirby Fong, USAStar ClusterStar Cluster, 7 YYW-W, John A. Hunter, New Zealand, 2010
Photo #35113 Kirby Fong, USAStar ClusterStar Cluster, 7 YYW-W, John A. Hunter, New Zealand, 2010
Photo #33013 Rose Bradley, USAStar ClusterStar Cluster, 7 YYW-W, John A. Hunter, New Zealand, 2010
Photo #31852 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAStar ClusterStar Cluster, 7 YYW-W, John A. Hunter, New Zealand, 2010
Photo #31851 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA