Sovereign
Classification:
11a W-O[ Split-Cupped Collar ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J. Gerritsen and Son

J. Gerritsen and Son
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, 1973
Seed Parent: 
Orangery 11a W-OOY 
J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1957
Orangery
Pollen Parent: 
seedling
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed, 3 times as pollen
Comments

Fl. 115 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, rounded at apex, fairly prominently mucronate, ivory white, tinged yellow beneath, concave, overlapping 1/2 or more; corona split to base, the six segments 7/8 the length of the perianth segments and of the same width, opposite and closely overlying them, joined to them at the margins at base, deeply bi-lobed, with the lobes overlapping, strong orange, sometimes with a narrow band of paler orange at rim, loosely frilled; inner segments heavily ribbed and tightly frilled. Resembles a larger-flowered ‘Orangery’. cat.80: white-bordered pure orange collar.