Tamar Fire
Classification:
4 Y-R[ Double ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Helen K. (Nell) Richardson

Helen K. (Nell) Richardson
, Ireland
Registered:
Yes, 1976
Registrant:

du Plessis Bros. (Peter and Dan)

du Plessis Bros. (Peter and Dan)
, England, UK
Seed Parent: 
Tonga 4 Y-R 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1958
Falaise x Ceylon
Tonga
Pollen Parent: 
Vulcan 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1956
Carbineer x Ceylon
Vulcan
Seedling Number:
3756
Chromosomes:
28
Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed, 21 times as pollen
Comments

Fl. 70 mm wide; perianth and other petaloid segments in three whorls, very broadly ovate, blunt or rounded at apex, yellow, more or less concave, overlapping half or more; the outer whorl with prominent white mucro, a little inflexed; the second whorl only a little shorter, more strongly inflexed; the center whorl shorter still, strongly inflexed, irregularly arranged, with margins deeply incurled; corona segments half the length of the center petaloid segments and clustered among them, broad, red, frilled. Resembles a more durable ‘Tonga’.