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Daffodil details
Early Orbit
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
4 |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
YOO |
Originator name |
J.F.McLennan |
Date of first flowering |
1993 |
Registrant name |
J.F.McLennan |
Year of registration |
2010 |
Seed parent |
’Kazan’ |
Pollen parent |
’Golden Orbit’ |
Seedling number |
93-31 |
Description |
Fl. 110 mm wide; perianth and other petaloid segments light to mid-yellow, with pale mucro, smooth and of heavy substance, irregular, in several whorls; the outer whorl broadly ovate, blunt, spreading, plane to a little concave, overlapping one-third; the inner whorls with margins incurved, becoming successively shorter and inflexed; the innermost whorls folded deeply inwards from midrib; corona segments two-thirds the length and half the width of the petaloid segments and interspersed among the inner whorls, opening yellow, with a band of orange at rim, becoming orange, with yellow at base, slightly lobed, a little crumpled and wavy. Early. Sunproof |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
none |
Date when entry last modified |
11 November 2019 |
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If you have a further inquiry about the names of daffodils and/or their parents, it should be made to the International Daffodil Registrar, Melanie Underwood at the following address: RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB, UK. Tel. (+44) (0)1483 212403. E-mail: [email protected].