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Daffodil details
Maria Magdaline de Graaff
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
3 (b) |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
O |
Originator name |
W. Backhouse |
Date of first flowering |
pre1869 |
Description |
Fls sometimes 2 per stem; perianth segments broadly obovate, rounded or squarish at apex, mucronate, spreading, plane, overlapping a quarter; the inner segments ovate, a little inflexed, somewhat twisted; corona cup-shaped, narrowly ribbed, suffused orange, with mouth straight, rim slightly indented |
Synonym(s) |
`Maria M.de Graaff' `Maria Magdalene de Graaff' `Maria Magdalina de Graaff' `M.M.de Graaff' `M.Magdalina de Graaff' `Mary Magdelen de Graaff' Leedsii `Maria Magdaline de Graaff' |
Award(s) |
none |
Notes |
"Absorbed" `Maude' and `Modesty' |
Date when entry last modified |
01 April 1998 |
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