Aunt Betty
Classification:
1 Y-O[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1983
Hybridizer:

Dr. John R. Reed

Buchanan, Michigan, USA; Niles, Michigan. Prop. Oakwood Daffodils

Dr. John R. Reed
, Michigan, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1999
Seed Parent: 
Trumpet Call 1 Y-O 
C.O. Fairbairn, Australia
Trumpet Call
Pollen Parent: 
Orange Way 1 Y-Y 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1993
Galcador x Richardson 1 Y-Y seedling~
Orange Way
Seedling Number:
78-17-5
Pedigree Chart:
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Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 95 mm diameter; perianth segments ovate, blunt, spreading, with margins slightly incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, with midrib showing, overlapping; the inner segments narrower; corona cylindrical, ribbed, with mouth flared and frilled, rim dentate. Sweetly scented. Resembles the pollen parent but is more deeply colored with a better-formed perianth.

Origin of Name

Named for Dr. Reed’s Aunt Betty.

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Aunt bettyAunt Betty, 1 Y-O, Dr. John R. Reed, United States, 1999
Photo #9943 Ralph Sowell, USAAunt bettyAunt Betty, 1 Y-O, Dr. John R. Reed, United States, 1999
Photo #7915 Ben Blake, USAAunt bettyAunt Betty, 1 Y-O, Dr. John R. Reed, United States, 1999
Photo #1184 Kirby Fong, USA