Hybridizer: | Keith Keppel |
Year Of Registration: | 1996 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1997 |
Seedling Number: | 92-19A |
Classification: | Intermediate Bearded (IB) |
Registered Height: | 23 inches (58 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid |
Bloom Color Classification: | Cream Yellow |
Flower Patterns: | Blend |
Bloom Color Description: | Marguerite yellow standards, flushed vanilla in center, light primrose yellow suffusion and veining, darker chinese yellow base; yellow ochre wash over most of falls, remainder marguerite, brushed primrose yellow to light chrome yellow at edge |
Beard Color: | Fire red |
Style Arm Color: | Marguerite yellow flushed primrose yellow |
Fragrance: | Slight Sweet |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1999 |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8) |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 8b |
Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Ploidy: | Unbalanced Tetraploid |
Parentage: | Florida Orange X Orange Tiger |
Child plants: | 3 child plants |
piksihk | On June 11, 2020 | Transplanted cut off the rot and allowed to dry out; planted back in ground |
piksihk | On June 7, 2020 | Maintenance performed rhiz. rot cut away - but doesn't look like it will survive; one rhizome only; it has never bloomed; Front of royal nave |
piksihk | On June 29, 2016 | Transplanted side back bed |
Lalambchop1 | On October 4, 2018 | Obtained plant Rec'd in trade with Daniel Erdy. |
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