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Daffodil details
Firelight
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
2 (a) |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
YYO |
Originator name |
Mrs R.O. Backhouse |
Date of first flowering |
pre1903 |
Seed parent |
{N. obvallaris} |
Pollen parent |
{N. poeticus} |
Description |
Fl. 73 mm wide, facing down; perianth segments narrowly ovate to lanceolate, acute, mucronate, pale bright lemon, spreading, plane or with margins incurved, separated; corona funnel-shaped, lemon, with a broad band of reddish orange at rim, mouth straight, wavy and lightly frilled, with rim notched. Mid-season |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
AM 1903 |
Date when entry last modified |
16 December 2021 |
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