Guardian
Classification:
2 W-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Raiser:
Registered:
Yes, before 1942
Seed Parent: 
(
Niphetos 2 W-W 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1927
Niphetos
x
Trostan 1 W-Y 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
King Alfred x Askelon
Trostan
)
Pollen Parent: 
Kanchenjunga 1 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1934
Brodie 1W-W seedling (White Knight x Conqueror) x Askelon
Kanchenjunga
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
11 times as seed, 4 times as pollen
Comments

Fl. 115 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, somewhat inflexed, overlapping half; the inner segments more strongly inflexed, with margins wavy; corona lightly ribbed, pale cream, mouth ribbed and expanded, with rim narrowly flanged and slightly dentate.

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GuardianGuardian, 2 W-Y, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1942
Photo #302 ADS Photo, USA