| Hybridizer: | Keith Keppel |
| Year Of Registration: | 1992 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1993 |
| Seedling Number: | 86-6A |
| Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
| Registered Height: | 36 inches (91 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Early |
| Flower Form: | Ruffled |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Orchid Cream Violet |
| Flower Patterns: | Luminata |
| Bloom Color Description: | Oyster white to cream standards, flushed soft rosy orchid in center; paler oyster falls, rosy orchid wash deepening in center to gloxinia to grapejuice with conspicuous paler veining, warm white area by beards, burnous on inner hafts |
| Beard Color: | White to cream, tipped flame |
| Fragrance: | Slight Sweet |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1995 Award of Merit: 1998 |
| 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: | 82-45A: (77-111Q: (74-32B: ((Roundup x: (66-56F: (Amigo's Guitar x (Rippling Waters x Gypsy Lullaby)) x Barcelona)) x Osage Buff) x 75-113B: ((68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody))) x 78-70A: (75-103E: ((((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x Caramba) x Flamenco) x 75-98B: (71-12C: (68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody))) X 84-15A: (80-98B: (76-137C: ((68-39F: (66-35C: ((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x 68-39D) x ((Joy Ride x Roundup) x (April Melody x (66-35B x April Melody)))) x (Mistress x 75-98B: (71-12C: (68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x 71-41 F: ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody)))) x 82-45A) |
| Child plants: | 128 child plants |
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