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Daffodil details
Fortune's Crest
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
2 (a) |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
O |
Originator name |
The Brodie of Brodie |
Date of first flowering |
pre1930 |
Parent notes |
`Seraglio' x `Fortune' or `Fortune' x `Robin Redbreast' |
Description |
Fl. about 93 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, prominently mucronate, light greenish yellow, paling at midrib towards apex, somewhat reflexed, concave, creased, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segments inflexed, more narrowly ovate, with margins nicked; corona funnel-shaped, loosely 6-ribbed, strong orange 25A, paling towards base, mouth straight, with six deeply overlapping lobes, rim more or less crenate |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
AM(e) 1931 |
Date when entry last modified |
15 January 2013 |
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