Chianti
Classification:
2 Y-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 1970
Seed Parent: 
Ceylon 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1943
Marksman x Diolite
Ceylon
Pollen Parent: 
Jezebel 3 Y-R 
Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales
Year Registered: 1948
Khamseen x P.D. Williams seedling~
Jezebel
Pedigree Chart:
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
2 times as seed,1 time as pollen
Descendants:
Comments

Perianth segments broadly ovate or oblong, vivid yellow, with white mucro, spreading, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segments narrower; corona short funnel-shaped, ribbed, orange-red, with mouth even and rim irregularly dentate.

Origin of Name

Part of Bill Pannill’s “Favorite Beverage” series.