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Daffodil details
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
2 (a) |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
O |
Originator name |
J.L. Richardson |
Date of first flowering |
pre1939 |
Seed parent |
‘Carbineer’ |
Pollen parent |
‘Porthilly’ |
Description |
Fl. 95 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, prominently mucronate, golden yellow, spreading, plane, regular, overlapping half; the inner segments a little narrower, slightly inflexed, shouldered at base and sometimes "thumbed", with margins slightly wavy; corona long cup-shaped, deep orange, mouth straight and frilled. Mid-season. 2n=28 |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
*(Gulval)PC(m) 1940 AM(e) 1942 AM Haarlem 1950 FCC Haarlem 1956 |
Date when entry last modified |
06 March 2014 |
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If you have a further inquiry about the names of daffodils and/or their parents, it should be made to the International Daffodil Registrar, Melanie Underwood at the following address: RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB, UK. Tel. (+44) (0)1483 212403. E-mail: [email protected].