Registered cultivar

Parfait

Pastel · New Zealand

Reference: 2008

Approved
Parfait
Photograph: Alick McLeman

Description

Registered Cultivar: This hybrid was bred and named by Alick McLeman. It is a [C. x cyrtanthiflora X 'Natal Yellow'] that retains the typical cyrtanthiflora foliage and form, having narrow strap-like leaves. Flowers are semi-pendulous and slightly flared with the predominant colour a pale pink with green throat. The green also reveals itself as a stripe running the lenght of the outside of the tepals, deepening the tone of the red pigments externally and contrasting with the paler pink tones. The name was chosen to reflect the yellow background colour and the tinge of red evident at sunset at the end of a lovely day.

Photographs

  • ParfaitAlick McLeman
  • ParfaitAlick McLeman