d. a. levy
Classification:
9 W-GYR[ Poeticus ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
2006
Hybridizer:
, Ohio, USA
Registered:
Yes, 2018
Seed Parent: 
Cantabile 9 W-GYR 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1932
Dactyl x Raeburn
Cantabile
Pollen Parent: 
Murray Evans: N20 Seedling
Seedling Number:
00.43.1
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 58mm wide; perianth segments 26mm long, very broad, roundish, prominently mucronate, greenish white 155C, spreading, plane or with margins incurved, with midrib showing, of heavy substance, overlapping half or more; the inner segments narrower, more nearly ovate, scarcely mucronate; corona 3mm long, bowl-shaped, vivid greenish yellow 2A, with strong yellow-green 145A at base and red 30B at rim. Late. Sweetly scented.

Origin of Name

Poet, publisher and artist d. a. levy was the leader of the Cleveland, Ohio, Arts Community during the 1960s.  The flower commemorates the 50th anniversary of his death in 1968,