Madame Butterfly
Classification:
11b W-O/YW[ Split-Cupped Papillon ]
Season:
Very Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1955
Hybridizer:

J.J. Grullemans and Sons

J.J. Grullemans and Sons
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, 1966
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.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 76 mm wide; perianth segments creamy white; corona deeply split, the six segments alternate to the perianth segments, with a longitudinal band of reddish orange at midrib flanked by yellow, with white at margins.

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