Pluvius
Classification:
2 Y-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse

b 1857 d 1921

Hereford, Herefordshire, England

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, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1921
Awards:

AM Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition.

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1931.AM Haarlem 1931; 
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.

Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments narrow, acute; corona clear orange.

A description according to deGraaff Bros 1947 catalog: “this very large Giant Incomparabilis is of the type of ‘Flaming Torch’ but finer coloured and of better form. Its perianth is star-shaped, deep golden yellow, supporting a clear orange trumpet.”

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos or historic images  

PluviusPluvius, 2 Y-O, Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England, 1921
Photo #50517 Heath Family Archives, USAPluviusPluvius, 2 Y-O, Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England, 1921
Photo #47134 Ethel Smith, USAPluviusPluvius, 2 Y-O, Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England, 1921
Photo #28459 de Graaff Catalog Photo, the Netherlands