Wilfred Hall
Cambridge, New Zealand; Levin
Wilfred Hall: Unknown, the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1759
N. tazetta subsp. lacticolor
Grand Monarque
: Unknown,
Year Registered: 1883
Gloriosus
Fls 12-18 per stem, forming a double triangle, 37mm wide; perianth segments 15mm long, broadly ovate, blunt, prominently mucronate, white, spreading, slightly concave, with margins incurving, a little creased and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments shouldered at base, not noticeably mucronate; corona 8mm long, cup-shaped, angled, brilliant greenish yellow, mouth straight, broadly ribbed and slightly wavy, with rim rolled narrowly inwards, entire.
Part of Wilf Hall’s “Italian sound names ending in ini” Series. Named for one of the bank tellers at the BNZ in Cambridge. She was Italian by birth and married a Kiwi polo player, whom she met when he was playing in Europe.
Cabrini, 8 W-Y, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2013
Photo #52221 Margaret Seconi, New ZealandCabrini, 8 W-Y, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2013
Photo #31074 Wilfred Hall, New ZealandCabrini, 8 W-Y, Wilfred Hall, New Zealand, 2013
Photo #31037 Margaret Tyrrell, New Zealand