Hummingbird
Classification:
6 Y-Y[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 1975
Awards:
Special Classes:
Seed Parent: 
{ [ (
Market Merry 3 Y-O 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1930
Seraglio x (Tamerlane x Fortune)
Market Merry
x
Carbineer 2 Y-O 
Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales
Year Registered: 1927
(Gulliver x unknown)
Carbineer
) x
Armada 2 Y-O 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
15/7 {[Princess Mary x (Emperor x King Alfred)] x Fortune} x Cornish Fire ?
Armada
] x
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
}
Pollen Parent: 
open pollinated
Seedling Number:
FO15/2
Pedigree Chart:
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
4 times as pollen
Descendants:
Comments

Fl. 60 mm wide, clear deep yellow, of good substance; perianth segments ovate, acute, with slight white mucro, reflexed, with margins wavy, overlapping at base only; the inner segments twisted or with margins more strongly waved; corona cylindrical, lightly ribbed, with mouth very slightly flared, rim notched.

the seed parent is a sibling of ‘Jetfire’.

Origin of Name

Part of Grant Mitsch’s “Bird Series”. Named after the hummingbirds that thrive in Oregon, most likely the Ruby Throated variety.

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HUMMINGBIRDHummingbird, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #55416 Michael Baxter, England
HummingbirdHummingbird, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #51301 Kirby Fong, USA
HummingbirdHummingbird, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #51300 Kirby Fong, USA
HummingbirdHummingbird, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #50878 Kirby Fong, USA
HummingbirdHummingbird, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #48067 Tom Stettner, USA
HummingbirdHummingbird, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #42532 Tom Stettner, USA
HummingbirdHummingbird, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #41134 Kirby Fong, USA
HummingbirdHummingbird, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #38310 Anne Wright, England
HummingbirdHummingbird, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #38309 Anne Wright, England
HummingbirdHummingbird, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #38308 Anne Wright, England
HummingbirdHummingbird, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #34203 Dryad Nursery, England
HummingbirdHummingbird, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #9143 Kirby Fong, USA
HummingbirdHummingbird, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #8831 Ian Scroggy, Northern Ireland
HummingbirdHummingbird, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #8674 Becky Fox Matthews, USA
HummingbirdHummingbird, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #1930 Kirby Fong, USA
HummingbirdHummingbird, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #1929 Kirby Fong, USA
HummingbirdHummingbird, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #1928 Kirby Fong, USA
HummingbirdHummingbird, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #1927 Kirby Fong, USA