More Kiwi Flowers

Another flower  that impressed judge Wilf Hall at the New Plymouth show was Apache Chief ; a well coloured    2 – O – O  from Spud Brogden .

It was Premier  N O E  at N P and has had several premiers at National Shows , particularly in the South Island.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wilf and I have both commented that the tazettas are having a very good season .We had a very warm and dry ( droughts in many areas  ) , summer in our area and we both feel that this has given good heads with higher than average flowers per stem and many stems per bulb .A good summer baking ! Wilf had several tazettas at Titahi Bay . Campino is a recently named flower with thick strong stems and an attractive flattened cup .

 

G M X    173 had  5 smooth flowers , well held and real show potential .

 

 

 

 

 

 

T – 24  had a very attractive cup colour and good form .

 

 

 

 

 

I have registered several tazettas with the ” Kapiti ” prefix  and the unregistered  Kapiti Cupid  is a nice 8 W – P  , bred from  Dear Me  –  x  —  Sol D,Or seedling . It was awarded a N D S ,  P C when first shown as sdlg  93 – 20 . The 5 header is unusual , generally 2 – 3 , supporting the hot summer theory .It has a strong but not tall stem and would make a good  container daff. A strong vase with one 5 header and 2 four headers .