True Joy
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Classification:
2 W-WWY[ Large-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, 2003
Seed Parent: 
Sun Child 2 W-GWY 
Colin Crotty, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1976
Eminent x Lysander
Sun Child
Pollen Parent: 
Spot On 2 W-Y 
Colin Crotty, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1981
Eminent x Lysander
Spot On
Seedling Number:
72-94
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for True Joy
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded, 96 mm wide, pure white; perianth segments very broadly ovate, shouldered at base, rounded at apex, spreading, concave, with midrib showing, of heavy substance, overlapping; the inner segments narrower; corona bowl-shaped, smooth, with bright yellow at rim, mouth flared, lobed, frilled, with rim dentate.

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True joyTrue Joy, 2 W-WWY, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2003
Photo #12827 Tony James, EnglandTrue joyTrue Joy, 2 W-WWY, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2003
Photo #11996 Ben Blake, USATrue joyTrue Joy, 2 W-WWY, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2003
Photo #11995 Ben Blake, USATrue joyTrue Joy, 2 W-WWY, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2003
Photo #11285 Kirby Fong, USATrue joyTrue Joy, 2 W-WWY, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2003
Photo #11284 Kirby Fong, USATrue joyTrue Joy, 2 W-WWY, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2003
Photo #10573 Gordon Coombes, New Zealand