Alcida
Classification:
3 W-O[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse

b 1857 d 1921

Hereford, Herefordshire, England

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, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1921
Awards:

AM Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition.

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1921.AM Haarlem 1921; 
Special Class:
ADS Historics

The ADS defines a Historic Daffodil as any cultivar formally registered with the Royal Horticultural Society or known in gardens prior to 1940.

The year 1939 at the end of this period, marked the beginning of World War II, a time during which fewer new daffodil cultivars were either created or made available, especially in Europe.

The ADS believes this class will interest a segment of exhibitors and may encourage bulb growers to keep these pre-war era cultivars available.

Because Historic daffodils tend to have less form than modern daffodils, they mmay be exhibited in special classes to compete against others iths same class.

Seed Parent: 
(
Bernardino 2 W-YYO 
Philip John Worsley, England
Year Registered: 1907
Lulworth x Duchess of Brabant
Bernardino
x unknown )
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments pure white; corona bright scarlet-orange. Description according to Hints for Forcing Dutch Bulbs: “perianth creamy-white, cup yellow edged red”.  According to theh 1930 catalog of Barr & Wellband, the corona is described as bright scarlet-orange.

 

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos or historic images  

AlcidaAlcida, 3 W-O, Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England, 1921
Photo #45941 Oregon Bulb Farms, USAAlcidaAlcida, 3 W-O, Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England, 1921
Photo #6164 Willis H. Wheeler, USA