Wild Star
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Classification:
2 W-P[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1994
Hybridizer:

Colin Crotty

Geraldine, New Zealand

Colin Crotty

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

Colin Crotty
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2005
Seed Parent: 
Presidential Pink 2 W-P 
Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States
Year Registered: 1985
[(Mabel Taylor x Green Island) x Caro Nome] x Space Ship
Presidential Pink
Pollen Parent: 
Quasar 2 W-PPR 
Murray Evans, United States
Year Registered: 1977
Cordial x Precedent
Quasar
Seedling Number:
60-94
Pedigree Chart:
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Used as parent:
1 time as seed, 5 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. rounded, 108 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, shouldered at base, rounded at apex, mucronate, spreading, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping; the inner segments narrower; corona cylindrical, ribbed, deep salmon pink, with pale pink at rim, mouth straight, frilled, with rim flanged and dentate. Strongly scented. Resembles a larger-flowered and more vigorous ‘Quasar’. Is a sibling to ‘Neon Blaze’.

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Wild StarWild Star, 2 W-P, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2005
Photo #42902 John F. McLennan, New ZealandWild StarWild Star, 2 W-P, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2005
Photo #42901 John F. McLennan, New ZealandWild starWild Star, 2 W-P, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2005
Photo #12134 Gordon Coombes, New ZealandWild starWild Star, 2 W-P, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2005
Photo #11318 Kirby Fong, USA