Almira
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Classification:
9 W-YYR[ Poeticus ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Unknown

Unknown
, UK, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1899
Special Class:
ADS Historics

The ADS defines a Historic Daffodil as any cultivar formally registered with the Royal Horticultural Society or known in gardens prior to 1940.

The year 1939 at the end of this period, marked the beginning of World War II, a time during which fewer new daffodil cultivars were either created or made available, especially in Europe.

The ADS believes this class will interest a segment of exhibitors and may encourage bulb growers to keep these pre-war era cultivars available.

Because Historic daffodils tend to have less form than modern daffodils, they mmay be exhibited in special classes to compete against others iths same class.

Seed Parent: 
Ornatus 9 W-YYR 
James Walker, England
Year Registered: 1870
Ornatus
?
Pollen Parent: 
N. radiiflorus var. exertus Division 13 Species
Section: Narcissus
N. radiiflorus var. exertus
?
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
5 times as seed,1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. rounded; perianth segments very broad, blunt or shallowly truncate, slightly mucronate, pure white, spreading or a little reflexed, with margins sometimes recurved at base, overlapping one-third to a half or sometimes only at mid-point; the inner segments not mucronate, with margins strongly recurved; corona disc-shaped, very closely ribbed, deep yellow, with a narrow band of deep orange-red at rim. The parentage is possibly a hybrid between ‘Ornatus’ and N. radiiflorus var. exertus.

Synonyms:

'King Edward', 'King Edward Vll'

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos or historic images  

AlmiraAlmira, 9 W-YYR, Unknown Hybridizer, England, 1899
Photo #60052 Vee Kozma, USAAlmiraAlmira, 9 W-YYR, Unknown Hybridizer, England, 1899
Photo #56401 Rose Bradley, USAAlmiraAlmira, 9 W-YYR, Unknown Hybridizer, England, 1899
Photo #52441 Heath Family Archives, USA