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

Peter D.K. Ramsay

b 1939. d. 2019;
New Plymouth, New Zealand; Wellington; Hamilton.
Co-founder of Koanga Daffodils with Max Hamilton

Peter D.K. RamsayPeter D.K. Ramsay
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2009
Special Classes:
ADS Intermediates

The American Daffodil Society maintains a "Suggested List of Intermediate-Sized Daffodils".

The ADS defines an intermediate daffodil as a standard daffodil in Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, or 11 having a single floret whose diameter is typically greater than 50mm and through 80mm.

Intermediate daffodils may be entered in ADS show exibition classes for standard daffodils as well as classes reserved for intermediate daffodils.

, New Zealand NDS Intermediates
Seed Parent: 
Mary Robinson 2 Y-Y 
Kate Reade, Northern Ireland
Year of first flowering: 1987
Ballytrim x Golden Aura
Mary Robinson
Pollen Parent: 
Crystal Star 2 Y-Y 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year of first flowering: 1978
Camelot x Aurum
Crystal Star
Seedling Number:
03:61
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 75 mm wide; round-shaped flower; corona is cup-shaped, smooth with rim rolled. Intermediate size.

Origin of Name

Part of Peter and Lesley Ramsay’s ‘Cameo Series’. Name comes from the pollen parent.

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos  

Cameo StarCameo Star, 2 Y-Y, Peter D.K. Ramsay, New Zealand, 2009
Photo #50095 Ben Blake, USACameo StarCameo Star, 2 Y-Y, Peter D.K. Ramsay, New Zealand, 2009
Photo #50094 Ben Blake, USACameo StarCameo Star, 2 Y-Y, Peter D.K. Ramsay, New Zealand, 2009
Photo #50093 Ben Blake, USACameo StarCameo Star, 2 Y-Y, Peter D.K. Ramsay, New Zealand, 2009
Photo #50092 Ben Blake, USACameo StarCameo Star, 2 Y-Y, Peter D.K. Ramsay, New Zealand, 2009
Photo #49364 Kirby Fong, USACameo StarCameo Star, 2 Y-Y, Peter D.K. Ramsay, New Zealand, 2009
Photo #47595 Peter D.K. Ramsay, New Zealand