Irish Affair
Classification:
2 W-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Registered:
Yes, 1995
Seed Parent: 
Irish Mist 2 W-Y 
Helen K. (Nell) Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1972
Irish Minstrel x open pollinated
Irish Mist
Pollen Parent: 
Flash Affair 2 W-Y 
Ross Henry Glover, Australia
Year Registered: 1973
Lady Slim x Easter Moon
Flash Affair
Seedling Number:
84-34-1
Used as parent:
1 time as seed, 8 times as pollen
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 93 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, bright white, with a slight yellow stain at base; corona long funnel-shaped, bright yellow.

Origin of Name

Part of Dr. John Reed’s “Irish Series.” Named for the romance between the hybridizer’s stepdaughter and her boyfriend when she spent a year in Belfast attending the University of Ulster. Also the name is a combination of both of the parents.