Torridon
Classification:
2 Y-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 1964
Awards:
Special Class:
Seed Parent: 
2-17-54 (
Spry 2 Y-R 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1950
Indian Summer x Carbineer
Spry
x de Navarro seedling )
Pollen Parent: 
Vulcan 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1956
Carbineer x Ceylon
Vulcan
Seedling Number:
1-41-63
Pedigree Chart:
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
12 times as seed, 23 times as pollen
Descendants:
Comments

Fl. 90-95 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, rounded at apex, only very slightly mucronate, brilliant yellow, slightly inflexed, smooth, somewhat concave, overlapping half; the inner segments a little narrower, more nearly plane; corona deep cup-shaped, somewhat straight-sided, smooth or slightly ribbed, vivid orange, with mouth straight and a little frilled.

Origin of Name

Part of Lea’s “Favorite Fishing Sites Series”. Named after one of John Lea’s favorite fishing sites in Scotland, River Torridon.