Wilfred Hall
Cambridge, New Zealand; Levin
Wilfred HallFls 5-7 per stem, forming a double triangle, 25 mm wide; perianth segments ovate in outline, rounded at apex, mucronate, brilliant yellow, slightly reflexed, concave, creased and of membranaceous substance, overlapping one-third; the inner segments not noticeably mucronate; corona cup-shaped, smooth, orange, mouth slightly incurved, even, with rim entire. Sweetly scented.
In the hybridizer’s words: “I have always loved this term – in New Zealand it’s used to describe something that is really good, topnotch. That’s the beesknees. Its the best.”
Beesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008
Photo #59251 Bradley McCarson, USABeesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008
Photo #59250 Bradley McCarson, USABeesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008
Photo #57316 Harold Koopowitz, USABeesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008
Photo #55834 Kirby Fong, USABeesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008
Photo #54352 David Adams, New ZealandBeesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008
Photo #54167 Graeme Miller, New ZealandBeesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008
Photo #49154 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandBeesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008
Photo #47722 Theodore E. Snazelle, USABeesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008
Photo #46256 John F. McLennan, New ZealandBeesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008
Photo #46249 Kirby Fong, USABeesknees, 8 Y-O, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2008
Photo #46248 Kirby Fong, USA