Syracuse
Classification:
3 W-WWY[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Registered:
Yes, 1958
Seed Parent: 
Green Island 2 W-GWY 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Gracious x Seraglio
Green Island
Pollen Parent: 
Chinese White 3 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1937
Silver Plane x (Silver Coin x unknown)
Chinese White
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
10 times as seed, 5 times as pollen
Comments

Fl. 108 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, somewhat truncate, slightly mucronate, spreading, a little creased, overlapping half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, shouldered at base, slightly inflexed, with margins wavy; corona bowl-shaped, small, ribbed, pale cream, with a deeper tone at mouth and touches of pale greenish yellow at rim, frilled. Resembles a large ‘Altyre’.