Pirongia Tulle
Classification:
2 Y-YYO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
2007
Hybridizer:
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2017
Seed Parent: 
Tomarata 2 Y-YYO 
Graeme and Faith Miller, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1999
Loch Hope x Gold Tan
Tomarata
Pollen Parent: 
Corbiere 1 Y-YOO 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1988
Gold Convention x Glenfarclas
Corbiere
Seedling Number:
07-084
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 78mm wide; perianth segments 31mm long, ovate, blunt, brilliant greenish yellow 6A, spreading, plane or with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower; corona 27mm long, funnel-shaped, angled, brilliant greenish yellow 6A with strong orange 24A at rim, mouth flared, ribbed and frilled, with rim dentate. 

 

Origin of Name

Part of the Miller’s “Pirongia Series”. Pirongia is the name of the nearest town where the Millers live. It is also the name of a nearby mountain.