Odile
Classification:
7 Y-O[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
1966
Hybridizer:

Roberta C. Watrous

b 1904 d 2000

Washington DC, USA

Roberta C. Watrous
, Washington DC, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1989
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: 
Seville 2 W-O 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1908
seedling x Lulworth
Seville
Pollen Parent: 
N. assoanus Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. assoanus
Seedling Number:
621-5
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 38 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, acute, light greenish yellow, slightly reflexed; corona bowl-shaped is pale orange, deepening with age;

Origin of Name

Named after the raiser/hybridizer’s great niece.

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OdileOdile, 7 Y-O, Roberta C. Watrous, United States, 1989
Photo #7316 Becky Fox Matthews, USAOdileOdile, 7 Y-O, Roberta C. Watrous, United States, 1989
Photo #3444 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA