Topaz Fire
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Classification:
3 Y-R[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
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, 2000
Seed Parent: 
Trudie May 3 Y-OOR 
G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1978
Dimity x Orator
Trudie May
Pollen Parent: 
Achduart 3 Y-O 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1972
2-17-54 (Spry x de Navarro seedling) x Vulcan
Achduart
Seedling Number:
36-92
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 108 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, acute, mid-yellow, spreading, with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping; the inner segments narrower; cup is bowl-shaped, ribbed, orange-red, with mouth straight and even, rim crenate. Strongly scented. Resembles a much larger ‘Achduart’.

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Topaz FireTopaz Fire, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #42861 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandTopaz fireTopaz Fire, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #11270 Kirby Fong, USATopaz fireTopaz Fire, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #2952 Kirby Fong, USA