| Hybridizer: | Opal Brown by Margaret McCrae |
| Year Of Registration: | 1998 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2000 |
| Seedling Number: | 90-2B4 |
| Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
| Registered Height: | 35 inches (89 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Mid |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Violet |
| Flower Patterns: | Blend |
| Bloom Color Description: | Red violet standards; corinth purple falls, slight cattleya blaze |
| Beard Color: | Bright chrome orange |
| Style Arm Color: | Lighter blended red violet |
| Fragrance: | Pronounced Sweet |
| 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 9b |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
| Underground structures: | Rhizome |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
| Ploidy: | Tetraploid |
| Parentage: | (Touché x ((Pipes of Pan x Dawn Flight) x Rippling Waters)) X 81-4E8: (77-1A8: (73-8B2: (Baroque x Saber Dance) x Silver Shower) x 79-3F10: (77-2A43: ((63-4: (Fay sdlg.: (Fleeta x Pink Enchantment) x Waters sdlg.) x 63-1: (New Arrival x One Desire)) x Saber Dance) x 77-1A7: ((Baroque x Saber Dance) x Silver Shower))) |
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