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Flower Name

Maximus

Division: 

1 - Trumpet (Long Cupped) Info

Colors: 

Y - Y

Season: 

Early to Mid-Season

Height: 

Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)

Hybridizer: 

Unknown

Country: 

Unknown

Year of first flowering: 

pre 1576, registered with the RHS

Seed Parent:

(N. hispanicus x unknown )

Chromosomes: 

21

Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree Tree
Fertility: 

Both Seed and Pollen fertile

Used as a parent: 

14 times as seed, 3 times as pollen

Descendants:
Descendants Tree
Special Class:
ADS Historics

Awards:

*C(g) 1936; 

Comments: 

Fl. 90 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, rich yellow, with streak of green along the midrib beneath, somewhat inflexed, twisted, margins recurved, overlapping at base only; cup is funnel-shaped, smooth, darker in tone than the perianth, with mouth expanded and ribbed, rim widely flanged and deeply notched. Parent note: considered to be a variant of N. hispanicus; 'Hales' Vase of Beaten Gold' and 'Maximus Laetevirens' are thought to be variants of this cultivar.

Synonyms: 

'College Garden Maximus', 'Grandiflorus', 'Maximus Superbus Longivirens', 'TCD Maximus', 'Trinity College (Dublin) Maximus', 'Trumpet Major', 'Trumpet Maximus'

 

 

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