Balalaika
Classification:
2 Y-YYR[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J. Lionel Richardson

b 1890 d 1961

crd 1911. Waterford, Co. Waterford, Republic of Ireland

J. Lionel Richardson
, Ireland
Registered:
Yes, 1956
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Seed Parent: 
Aranjuez 2 Y-YYO 
Warnaar and Co., the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1932
Aranjuez
Pollen Parent: 
Bahram 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1935
Penquite x Porthilly
Bahram
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
3 times as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments bright yellow; corona cup-shaped, bright yellow with a narrow band of deep red at rim.

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BalalaikaBalalaika, 2 Y-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #4543 Wells Knierim, USA