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Daffodil details
Piraeus
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
4 |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
R |
Originator name |
Brian S. Duncan |
Registrant name |
Rathowen Daffodils |
Year of registration |
1988 |
Seed parent |
‘Monterrico’ |
Pollen parent |
‘Doctor Hugh’ |
Seedling number |
752 |
Description |
Fl. rounded; perianth and other petaloid segments in several whorls, regularly arranged, pure white; the outer whorl often more than six in number; the outer whorls very broad in outline, blunt or rounded at apex and sometimes truncate, prominently mucronate, spreading, plane, overlapping half or more; the inner whorls successively a little shorter, becoming inflexed, with margins incurved; those at centre strongly inflexed, with margins tightly incurled; corona segments very short, clustered among the centre petaloid segments, deep orange-red. Mid-season to late. Resembles `Acropolis' but with more corona segments visible |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
none |
Date when entry last modified |
16 June 2015 |
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