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Daffodil details
Golden Ducat
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
4 |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
Y |
Originator name |
Speelman & Sons |
Date of first flowering |
pre1946 |
Parent notes |
'King Alfred' sport |
Description |
Fl. rounded, 110 mm wide; perianth and other petaloid segments in several whorls, regularly superimposed, vivid yellow 9A, with slight whitish mucro, of waxy texture, overlapping one-third; the outer whorls broadly ovate, spreading, plane; the inner whorls successively slightly narrower, slightly shorter, more strongly inflexed, with margins incurved or wavy; the centre whorl contorted and sharply inflexed; corona segments shorter than the petaloid segments and interspersed among them, broad, slightly darker in tone (12A), with rim crenate. 2n=28. Closely resembles a less readily forced 'Planet' |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
AM(e) 1950 FCC(e) 1952 *AM(p) 1978 AM Haarlem 1946 FCC Haarlem 1950 |
Date when entry last modified |
30 August 2011 |
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