Egmont King
Classification:
2 Y-YOR[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 1991
Registrant:

Brogden Bulbs

Brogden Bulbs
Awards:
Seed Parent: 
Orator 2 Y-O 
G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1966
Tapua x Alamein
Orator
Pollen Parent: 
Loch Hope 2 Y-R 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1970
1-32-57 (Tanera x Air Marshal) x Vulcan
Loch Hope
Seedling Number:
X95/2
Pedigree Chart:
Used as parent:
4 times as seed, 2 times as pollen
Descendants:
Comments

Fl. 115 mm wide; perianth segments broad, mid-yellow, smooth; corona slightly expanding, with yellow at base shading to orange at mid-zone and red at rim, rim dentate.

Origin of Name

Part of the Brogden family’s “Egmont series.” Named for the volcano Taranaki and is also known as Mount Egmont located in the Taranaki region on the west coast of North Island New Zealand. Taranaki is a combination of two Maori words tara=mountain peak and naki=shining. In 1770, Captain Cook named the volcano Mount Egmont after Sir John Percieval, the 2nd Earl of Egmont. On a clear day, the Brogden’s have a beautiful view of Mount Egmont.