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Classification:
11a W-P[ Split-Cupped Collar ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1991
Hybridizer:

Colin Crotty

Geraldine, New Zealand

Colin Crotty

Colin (left) and son-in-law Gordon Coombe

Colin Crotty
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1999
Seed Parent: 
Palmares 11a W-P 
J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1973
Split x Collarosa
Palmares
Pollen Parent: 
Pasteline 2 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1979
(Caro Nome x Accent) x (Precedent x Carita)
Pasteline
Seedling Number:
15-91
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Western Sky
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 105 mm wide; perianth segments acute, prominently mucronate, spreading; the inner segments narrower; corona deeply split, the six segments closely overlying the perianth segments, smooth, bright pink, bi-lobed. Sunproof.

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Western skyWestern Sky, 11a W-P, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 1999
Photo #12028 Ben Blake, USAWestern skyWestern Sky, 11a W-P, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 1999
Photo #12027 Ben Blake, USAWestern skyWestern Sky, 11a W-P, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 1999
Photo #12026 Ben Blake, USAWestern skyWestern Sky, 11a W-P, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 1999
Photo #12025 Ben Blake, USAWestern skyWestern Sky, 11a W-P, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 1999
Photo #11315 Kirby Fong, USAWestern skyWestern Sky, 11a W-P, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 1999
Photo #10601 Gordon Coombes, New ZealandWestern skyWestern Sky, 11a W-P, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 1999
Photo #3075 Kirby Fong, USA