Medium to large, velvety-red flowers with a faint purple tinge at the margin. Usually with a redder bar. Yellow anthers with dark connective.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height:	2.5 - 3.0 metres
Flowering period(s):	Jun Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Arthur H Steffen
Country of origin:	USA
Date raised:	ic1990
Parentage:	Unknown
Other name(s):	None known
Further detail:  Flower diameter: 10-17cm Tepals: (5-) 6-8; broadly elliptic, overlapping, tip recurved Database entry: 433