Magician
Classification:
2 W-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Raiser:
Registered:
Yes, 1979
Seed Parent: 
(
Accent 2 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1960
Interim x Interlude
Accent
x
Rose Caprice 2 W-GPP 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1952
Templemore x Green Island
Rose Caprice
)
Pollen Parent: 
Cool Flame 2 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1969
Precedent x Accent
Cool Flame
Seedling Number:
JJ16/1
Pedigree Chart:
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
16 times as seed, 43 times as pollen
Descendants:
Comments

Fl. 120 mm wide; perianth segments of good substance; cup is bowl-shaped, ribbed, red, paler at base, with mouth flared.

Origin of Name

Quote from 2003 Mitsch catalog: ‘While a magician may deceive the eye with his sleight-of-hand, the eye could scarcely be believed when it first focused on this flower.’