Pretender
Classification:
2 W-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1954
Registered:
Yes, 1964
Seed Parent: 
(
John Evelyn 2 W-O 
William F.M. Copeland, England
Year Registered: 1920
Tunis x Therapia
John Evelyn
x
Fortune 2 Y-O 
Walter T. Ware, England
Year Registered: 1917
Sir Watkin x Blackwell
Fortune
)
Pollen Parent: 
Green Island 2 W-GWY 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Gracious x Seraglio
Green Island
Seedling Number:
P110/1
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
3 times as seed, 2 times as pollen
Comments

Fl. rounded, 100 mm wide; perianth segments with margins somewhat incurved, of heavy substance, deeply overlapping; corona almost disc-shaped, pale lemon yellow, paling to creamy yellow towards base, with shades of gray in tube and flecks of white between the notches at rim, mouth heavily frilled and folded, with some extra segments beneath.