Causeway Gem
Classification:
6 Y-Y[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Year of first flowering:
2002
Hybridizer:
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, 2012
Seed Parent: 
Bryanston 2 Y-Y 
John W. Blanchard, England
Year Registered: 1977
Ormeau x Saint Keverne
Bryanston
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Seedling Number:
201
Pedigree Chart:
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 80mm wide, facing slightly downwards; perianth segments 32mm long, oblong in outline, rounded at apex, prominently mucronate, medium yellow, reflexed, plane or with margins slightly recurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping a quarter; the inner segments narrower, acute at apex, less prominently mucronate; corona 30mm long, cylindrical, smooth, slightly darker in tone than the perianth segments, mouth broadly flared, lightly ribbed and a little wavy, with rim minutely crenate.

Origin of Name

Part of Derrick Turbitt’s ‘Causeway’ series. The Giants Causeway is an array of an estimated 40,000 basalt columns located on the north coast of Northern Ireland. It is frequently referred to the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’.