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Daffodil details
Ortona
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
3 (b) |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
GOO |
Originator name |
J.L. Richardson |
Date of first flowering |
pre1944 |
Seed parent |
‘Mitylene’ |
Pollen parent |
‘Coronach’ |
Description |
Perianth segments very broad in outline, blunt or rounded at apex, prominently mucronate, pure white, spreading, plane, of good substance, overlapping half; the inner segments less noticeably mucronate, a little inflexed; corona broad, very shallow, heavily ribbed, intense reddish orange, with green at base. Late. 2n=28 |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
none |
Date when entry last modified |
25 October 2007 |
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