Altun Ha
Classification:
2 YYW-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Registered:
Yes, 1987
Seed Parent: 
Camelot 2 Y-Y 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1962
Kingscourt x Ceylon
Camelot
Pollen Parent: 
Daydream 2 Y-W 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1960
Binkie x K43 (King of the North x Content)
Daydream
Seedling Number:
81/13/F1
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
6 times as seed, 16 times as pollen
Comments

Fl. rounded; perianth segments very broad, with blunt white mucro, opening brilliant to light greenish yellow becoming darker, with white at base, spreading or inflexed, concave, with margins narrowly incurling, of good substance, overlapping half; the inner segments broad-shouldered at base; corona broad funnel-shaped, smooth or lightly ribbed, opening lemon yellow, maturing to white tinged with pale greenish yellow and sometimes touched with brilliant greenish yellow at rim, mouth straight or a little flared, rim shallowly and irregularly notched and lobed. Resembles a whiter ‘Daydream’ with little or no contrasting color at corona rim.

The classification changed in 1999 from 2Y-W to 2YWW-W.

Origin of Name

Part of Pearson’s “British Military Stations Series”. Named for the location he was stationed at in Belize.

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Altun HaAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #57836 Sue Taylor, England
Altun HaAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #57706 Becky Fox Matthews, USA
Altun HaAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #54179 John E. Colley, England
Altun HaAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #53462 John E. Colley, England
Altun HaAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #52353 Graham J. Phillips, New Zealand
Altun HaAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #46462 John F. McLennan, New Zealand
Altun HaAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #40333 John Castor, USA
Altun HaAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #40332 John Castor, USA
Altun HaAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #39507 Kirby Fong, USA
Altun HaAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #32058 John Scheepers Bulbs, Inc., USA
Altun haAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #12443 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA
Altun haAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #11410 Ben Blake, USA
Altun haAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #11409 Ben Blake, USA
Altun haAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #11408 Ben Blake, USA
Altun haAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #10742 Kirby Fong, USA
Altun haAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #9939 Ralph Sowell, USA
Altun haAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #9546 Noeline McLaren, New Zealand
Altun haAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #9471 John Castor, USA
Altun haAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #8816 Tom Roche, USA
Altun haAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #7578 Ian Scroggy, Northern Ireland
Altun haAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #7577 Ian Scroggy, Northern Ireland
Altun haAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #6100 Ian Tyler, England
Altun haAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #5661 Tom Stettner, USA
Altun haAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #5322 A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England
Altun haAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #3920 Tony James, England
Altun haAltun Ha, 2 YYW-W, A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England, 1987
Photo #3919 Tony James, England