Melstar
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Classification:
2 W-PPR[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
2002
Hybridizer:

Colin Crotty

Geraldine, New Zealand

Colin Crotty

Colin (left) and son-in-law Gordon Coombe

Colin Crotty
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2007
Seed Parent: 
Dailmanach 2 W-P 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1972
Inverpolly x de Navarro 797 [(Interim x Salmon Trout) x Rosedew]
Dailmanach
Pollen Parent: 
Presidential Pink 2 W-P 
Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States
Year Registered: 1985
[(Mabel Taylor x Green Island) x Caro Nome] x Space Ship
Presidential Pink
Seedling Number:
35-02
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 120 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, mucronate, white, spreading, concave, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half or more; corona funnel-shaped, smooth, bright pink, with a very broad band of pinkish red in the outer zone, mouth flared, ribbed, frilled, with rim dentate. Sunproof.

Origin of Name

Named after Colin Crotty’s granddaughter.

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MelstarMelstar, 2 W-PPR, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2007
Photo #52486 Graham J. Phillips, New ZealandMelstarMelstar, 2 W-PPR, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2007
Photo #52485 Graham J. Phillips, New ZealandMelstarMelstar, 2 W-PPR, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2007
Photo #51729 Colin Crotty, New ZealandMelstarMelstar, 2 W-PPR, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2007
Photo #49478 Kirby Fong, USAMelstarMelstar, 2 W-PPR, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2007
Photo #49477 Kirby Fong, USAMelstarMelstar, 2 W-PPR, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2007
Photo #10383 Gordon Coombes, New ZealandMelstarMelstar, 2 W-PPR, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2007
Photo #10382 Gordon Coombes, New Zealand