Cunaris
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Classification:
2 W-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
2011
Hybridizer:

Malcolm Wheeler

Southbridge, New Zealand

Malcolm Wheeler
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2022
Special Class:
ADS Miniatures

The American Daffodil Society maintains a "Suggested List of Miniature-Sized Daffodils".

A miniature single floreted cultivar normally possess a flower less than 50 mm (1.97") in natural spread.

For a multi-floreted miniature daffodil the guideline measurement for the floral mass is 72mm (2.83") in natural spread.

The ADS requires show exhibitors to enter miniature daffodils only in classes for specific for miniatures.

Any named, numbered, or species daffodil which appears graceful, with all its parts proportionately small, may be exhibited in Miniature classes and is eligible for all ADS awards

Seed Parent: 
N. atlanticus Division 13 Species
Section: Apodanthi
N. atlanticus
Pollen Parent: 
{ N. watieri } hybrid
Seedling Number:
M126
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 30mm wide; perianth segments 13mm long, roundish, blunt, prominently mucronate, spreading, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, ovate, scarcely mucronate; corona 6mm long, cup-shaped, ribbed, mouth even and a little flared, with rim entire. Dwarf. Early. Sweetly scented

Origin of Name

Named for Cunaris Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand

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CunarisCunaris, 2 W-W, Malcolm Wheeler, New Zealand, 2022
Photo #59680 Malcolm Wheeler, New Zealand