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Registration Ref. #020 (23/7/2004)<br />

Cultivar Name P. 'Justine Lyons'<br />

Originator Myles Irvine (United Kingdom)<br />

Parentage P. 'Star of Bristol' ()) × P. 'Purple Haze' (.)<br />

Description Vine glabrous, green stem, flowers sometimes 2 per axil, up to<br />

11.5cm in diameter; June-November; opening flat only with a<br />

little reflexing, pleasant light fragrance; petals and sepals pale<br />

lilac/white, short sepal awn; corona filaments 2 rows 6cm<br />

diameter, lightly crinkled & banded with a dark centre at the base<br />

followed by a white band and an outer violet band; Styles dark:<br />

bracts 2cm × 2cm; peduncles pendant and curved 5-9cm; petioles<br />

5-6cm; leaves variable three to five lobed, up to 13cm × 11cm;<br />

stipules sturdy up to 2cm; two stalked petiole glands varying in<br />

position. Hardy to -8° C or below. This hybrid is medium in<br />

vigour and very free flowering. It was crossed in 2002 and first<br />

flowered in 2003. Named after Justine, the daughter of Peter &<br />

Natalie Lyons.

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