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Daffodil details
Honeybird
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
1 |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
W |
Originator name |
G.E. Mitsch |
Date of first flowering |
1950 |
Registrant name |
G.E. Mitsch |
Year of registration |
1965 |
Seed parent |
’King of the North’ |
Pollen parent |
’Content’ |
Seedling number |
K43/2 |
Description |
Fl. 103 mm wide; perianth segments broadly or very broadly ovate, blunt, mucronate, brilliant greenish yellow 3B, a little inflexed, plane, smooth, overlapping; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, shouldered at base, more strongly inflexed, with margins wavy; corona cylindrical, lightly ribbed, becoming white, mouth expanded and more strongly ribbed, rim notched and crenate. Mid-season. Resembles a more vigorous 'Entrancement' with a flower of better substance |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
AM(e) 1967 |
Date when entry last modified |
13 July 2007 |
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