The Brodie of Brodie
b 1868 d 1943
Forres, Grampian, Scotland
The Brodie of BrodieRev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1923
(Beacon x unknown)
Mitylene
Walter T. Ware, England
Year Registered: 1917
Sir Watkin x Blackwell
Fortune
Fl. 91 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, fairly prominently mucronate, greenish white (2D), spreading, a little concave, creased, overlapping one-third; the inner segments a little inflexed and somewhat twisted; corona funnel-shaped, broad and shallow, closely ribbed, brilliant greenish yellow 7C, tinged green in tube, with yellow-orange (17B) in a narrow band at rim and lightly suffusing the ribs, mouth split in places and overlapping, wavy, rim irregularly crenate.
A description according to the Calvert Catalog dated 1935: “Broad white perianth, with large shallow saucer crown, edged and flushed with pale salmon gold.”
Part of the Brodie of Brodie’s “Coverack” name series.
Coverack Perfection, 2 W-YYO, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1930
Photo #54281 Bob Moore, ScotlandCoverack Perfection, 2 W-YYO, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1930
Photo #54280 Bob Moore, ScotlandCoverack Perfection, 2 W-YYO, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1930
Photo #51630 Calvert Catalog, EnglandCoverack Perfection, 2 W-YYO, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1930
Photo #44059 Paul Botting, USACoverack Perfection, 2 W-YYO, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1930
Photo #25889 Blom Bulbs Catalog, the Netherlands