Large, sem-double flowers upper surface opening very pale purple with deep purplish red bar, maturing to deep purplish pink with paler margins and strong purplish red bar, ageing to moderate purplish pink with deep purplish pink bar; lower surface opening very pale purple with strong yellow-green bar, maturing to moderate purplish pink with margins flushed strong purplish red and bar ageing to light yellow-green. Anthers vivid yellow

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height:  The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 2.5 metres
Flowering period(s):  Warning: the months here are approximate for the northern hemisphere: users south of the equator should add approximately 6 months so that July becomes January etc.	May Jun | Jul Aug Sep
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Country of origin:	Canada
Date raised:  r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2010
Parentage:  (s) = seed parent	Chance seedling found in private garden in British Columbia, Canada; parentage unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 15-17cm Sepals/sepaloid staminodes 20 - 50; 4.5-10cm long x 1.5-3cm wide, ovate, overlapping, base obtuse, margins slightly wavy, long-pointed