Baby Star
Classification:
7 Y-Y[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Very Late
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
1949
Hybridizer:

J. Gerritsen and Son

J. Gerritsen and Son
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, 1959
Special Classes:
ADS Miniatures

The American Daffodil Society maintains a "Suggested List of Miniature-Sized Daffodils".

A miniature single floreted cultivar normally possess a flower less than 50 mm (1.97") in natural spread.

For a multi-floreted miniature daffodil the guideline measurement for the floral mass is 72mm (2.83") in natural spread.

The ADS requires show exhibitors to enter miniature daffodils only in classes for specific for miniatures.

Any named, numbered, or species daffodil which appears graceful, with all its parts proportionately small, may be exhibited in Miniature classes and is eligible for all ADS awards

, The Daffodil Society Miniatures
Seed Parent: 
N. jonquilla var. minor Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. jonquilla var. minor
Pollen Parent: 
N. jonquilla Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. jonquilla
Chromosomes:
14
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Believed to be Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 35 mm wide; perianth segments vivid yellow; corona of a slightly darker tone. Resembles a smaller and later-flowered ‘Baby Moon’ of darker color.

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Baby StarBaby Star, 7 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #51367 Heath Family Archives, USABaby starBaby Star, 7 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #8995 Kirby Fong, USABaby starBaby Star, 7 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #8994 Kirby Fong, USA