Bells Island
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Classification:
5 Y-Y[ Triandrus ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
2007
Hybridizer:

Clay Higgins

Clay Higgins
, New Jersey, USA
Registered:
Yes, 2016
Seed Parent: 
N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. triandrus Division 13 Species
Section: Ganymedes
N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. triandrus
Pollen Parent: 
N. fernandesii var. cordubensis Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. fernandesii var. cordubensis
Seedling Number:
10-71
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 2(4) per stem, star-shaped, 38mm wide, facing downwards; perianth segments 23mm long, oblong, truncate, slightly mucronate, reflexed, plane, with margins incurling, with midrib showing, of heavy substance, overlapping a quarter; corona 10mm long, cup-shaped, smooth, mouth straight, broadly ribbed and a little wavy, with rim entire.

Origin of Name

Named after a tiny inhabited island in Coinjock Bay,  Currituck Sound, North Carolina.

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Bells IslandBells Island, 5 Y-Y, Clay Higgins, United States, 2016
Photo #35522 Kirby Fong, USABells IslandBells Island, 5 Y-Y, Clay Higgins, United States, 2016
Photo #35521 Kirby Fong, USABells IslandBells Island, 5 Y-Y, Clay Higgins, United States, 2016
Photo #35520 Kirby Fong, USABells IslandBells Island, 5 Y-Y, Clay Higgins, United States, 2016
Photo #33196 Clay Higgins, USABells IslandBells Island, 5 Y-Y, Clay Higgins, United States, 2016
Photo #33180 Clay Higgins, USA