Callisto
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Classification:
10 Y-Y[ Bulbocodium Hybrids ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
2011
Hybridizer:

Anne Wright

Tockwith, North Yorkshire, England

Anne Wright
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 2017
Seed Parent: 
N. cantabricus subsp. cantabricus var. petunioides Division 13 Species
Section: Bulbocodium
N. cantabricus subsp. cantabricus var. petunioides
Pollen Parent: 
Atlas Gold 10 Y-Y 
Potterton and Martin, England
Year Registered: 1993
Atlas Gold
Seedling Number:
2762-3
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 41mm wide, facing upwards, light greenish yellow 4C; perianth segments 11mm long, lanceolate in outline, acute at apex, spreading, plane, creased and of heavy substance, separated; corona 17mm long, funnel-shaped, ribbed, mouth straight and wavy, with rim flanged and shallowly lobed.

Origin of Name

Named for the second largest moon of Jupiter. This flower shape is reminiscent of a full moon.

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CallistoCallisto, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #39670 Kirby Fong, USACallistoCallisto, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #39669 Kirby Fong, USACallistoCallisto, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #39668 Kirby Fong, USACallistoCallisto, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #39667 Kirby Fong, USACallistoCallisto, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #38482 Anne Wright, EnglandCallistoCallisto, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #38481 Anne Wright, EnglandCallistoCallisto, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #38480 Anne Wright, EnglandCallistoCallisto, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #38479 Anne Wright, EnglandCallistoCallisto, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #38225 Anne Wright, EnglandCallistoCallisto, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #38224 Anne Wright, England