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Flower Name

Empress

Division:

1 - Trumpet (Long Cupped)

Colors:

W - Y

Season:

Mid-Season

Height:

Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)

Hybridizer:

William Backhouse

Country:

England, UK

Year of first flowering:

pre 1869, registered with the RHS

Seed Parent:

N. bicolor

Pollen Parent:

N. pseudonarcissus

Chromosomes:

22 or 22 + 1B

Pedigree Chart:

Fertility:

Both Seed and Pollen fertile

Used as a parent:

8 times as seed, 4 times as pollen

Descendants:

Special Class:

ADS Historics

Comments:

Fl. 103 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, only very slightly mucronate, spreading, of great substance, overlapping one-third; the inner segments a little inflexed, with margins wavy; corona narrowly funnel-shaped, ribbed, rich yellow, with mouth expanded and 6-lobed, lightly frilled, rim flanged and crenate. Resembles a larger and later-flowered 'Horsfieldii' of greater substance and more rapid increase. Resembles a smaller 'Emperor' in form.

The RHS has a “parental note” that states the following: Hybrid between N. bicolor and N. pseudonarcissus

Synonyms:

'Maximus#####', 'The Empress'

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