Karel J. van der Veek
b 1937 d 2003
Burgerbrug, Holland
Karel J. van der VeekIvor Fox
Ivor FoxMatthew Fowlds, United States
Year Registered: 1971
(Polindra x Tunis) x N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. triandrus
Chipper
Fls 3 per stem, star-shaped, 74mm wide, facing downwards; perianth segments 32mm long, ovate to oblong, blunt, greenish yellow 3B/C, with greenish white 155C at base extending to varying degrees towards apex, either side of midrib, with slight, pale mucro, a little reflexed, plane, with margins incurved to a little wavy, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping at base only; the inner segments a little narrower, more nearly spreading; corona 16mm long, cup-shaped, smooth, mouth slightly expanded and shallowly lobed, with rim minutely crenate. Strongly and sweetly scented.
Named after the Beatles’ song “Abbey Road”.
Abbey Road, 5 WYY-W, Karel J. van der Veek, the Netherlands, 2016
Photo #61657 Kirby Fong, USAAbbey Road, 5 WYY-W, Karel J. van der Veek, the Netherlands, 2016
Photo #61656 Kirby Fong, USAAbbey Road, 5 WYY-W, Karel J. van der Veek, the Netherlands, 2016
Photo #48127 Michael Baxter, EnglandAbbey Road, 5 WYY-W, Karel J. van der Veek, the Netherlands, 2016
Photo #39644 Kirby Fong, USAAbbey Road, 5 WYY-W, Karel J. van der Veek, the Netherlands, 2016
Photo #39643 Kirby Fong, USAAbbey Road, 5 WYY-W, Karel J. van der Veek, the Netherlands, 2016
Photo #38868 Michael Baxter, England