Spoirot
Classification:
10 W-W[ Bulbocodium Hybrids ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
1987
Raiser:

Glenbrook Bulb Farm

Glenbrook Bulb Farm
, Tasmania, Australia
Registered:
Yes, 1998
Awards:
Special Classes:
Seed Parent: 
N. bulbocodium subsp. bulbocodium var. conspicuus Division 13 Species
Section: Bulbocodium
N. bulbocodium subsp. bulbocodium var. conspicuus
Pollen Parent: 
N. cantabricus subsp. cantabricus var. foliosus Division 13 Species
Section: Bulbocodium
N. cantabricus subsp. cantabricus var. foliosus
Seedling Number:
3/87
Pedigree Chart:
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
6 times as seed
Descendants:
Comments

Fl. 40 mm wide, greenish white perianth segments narrowly oblong, acute, spreading, widely separated; corona deep bowl-shaped, with mouth slightly wavy and rim entire.

Origin of Name

Part of Rod Barwick’s “Little Detective Series” named after Agatha Christie’s fictional Belgian detective character, Hercule Poirot. Poirot appeared in 33 novels and 51 short stories.