Tutankhamun
Classification:
2 W-GWW[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 1972
Seed Parent: 
Ave 2 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1942
Truth x Slemish
Ave
Pollen Parent: 
Empress of Ireland 1 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1952
Guardian x Kanchenjunga
Empress of Ireland
Seedling Number:
L3/82
Chromosomes:
28
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 126 mm wide, greenish white; perianth segments very broad in outline, blunt or rounded at apex, variably mucronate, spreading, plane, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, a little inflexed, somewhat twisted or with margins wavy, angular at shoulder; corona ribbed, with brilliant yellow-green at base, mouth expanded and wavy, rim shallowly rolled and more or less entire.

Origin of Name

Believed to be named after Egypt’s boy king, King Tut.