Ornatus Maximus
Classification:
9 W-GYR[ Poeticus ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Unknown

Unknown
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1927
Special Class:
ADS Historics

The ADS defines a Historic Daffodil as any cultivar formally registered with the Royal Horticultural Society or known in gardens prior to 1940.

The year 1939 at the end of this period, marked the beginning of World War II, a time during which fewer new daffodil cultivars were either created or made available, especially in Europe.

The ADS believes this class will interest a segment of exhibitors and may encourage bulb growers to keep these pre-war era cultivars available.

Because Historic daffodils tend to have less form than modern daffodils, they mmay be exhibited in special classes to compete against others iths same class.

Seed Parent: 
Unknown
Chromosomes:
14
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded; perianth segments white, slightly stained yellow at base, reflexed, plane, overlapping; corona disc-shaped, ribbed, pale greenish lemon, with moss green at base and a narrow band of deep red at rim.

Resembles ‘Ornatus’ but is larger and broader in the perianth and a little earlier in flower.

Synonyms:

'White Fairy'

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Ornatus maximusOrnatus Maximus, 9 W-GYR, Unknown Hybridizer, the Netherlands, 1927
Photo #895 Hubert Bourne, USA