King Cardinal
Classification:
2 W-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
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, before 1951
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: 
Tebourba 3 W-R 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1944
Hades x Forfar
Tebourba
Pollen Parent: 
Carnsore 3 W-GRR 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1941
Aviemore x Hades
Carnsore
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments broadly ovate, truncate, slightly mucronate, pure white, a little reflexed, plane, smooth, overlapping one-third; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, more nearly spreading, with margins wavy; corona very shallow bowl-shaped, broad, strongly ribbed, intense bright red, mouth deeply lobed, rim unevenly crenate.

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King cardinalKing Cardinal, 2 W-R, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1951
Photo #328 ADS Photo, USA