Elfin Dell
Classification:
2 W-P[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1989
Hybridizer:

John A. Hunter

Nelson, New Zealand

John A. Hunter
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2000
Special Classes:
ADS Intermediates

The American Daffodil Society (ADS) maintains an "ADS Approved List of Intermediate Cultivars".

The ADS defines an intermediate daffodil as a standard daffodil in Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, or 11 having a single floret whose diameter is typically greater than 50mm and through 80mm.

Intermediate daffodils may be entered in ADS show exibition classes for standard daffodils as well as classes reserved for intermediate daffodils.

, New Zealand NDS Intermediates, The Daffodil Society Intermediates
Seed Parent: 
Easter Moon 2 W-GWW 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1954
Tryst x Greenland
Easter Moon
Pollen Parent: 
Pink Era 2 W-P 
Jim A. O'More, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1984
Vasey x Tarago Pink
Pink Era
Seedling Number:
55/83B
Pedigree Chart:
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Used as parent:
2 times as seed, 7 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 75 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, mucronate, spreading, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping; corona cup-shaped, ribbed, light pink, with mouth wavy. Sometimes has 2 fl/stem.

Origin of Name

Part of John Hunter’s “Elfin Series.”

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Elfin DellElfin Dell, 2 W-P, John A. Hunter, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #36192 Neil McQuarrie, New ZealandElfin dellElfin Dell, 2 W-P, John A. Hunter, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #13045 Tom Stettner, USAElfin dellElfin Dell, 2 W-P, John A. Hunter, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #12145 Brian S. Duncan, Northern IrelandElfin dellElfin Dell, 2 W-P, John A. Hunter, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #11557 Ben Blake, USAElfin dellElfin Dell, 2 W-P, John A. Hunter, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #11556 Ben Blake, USAElfin dellElfin Dell, 2 W-P, John A. Hunter, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #10872 Kirby Fong, USAElfin dellElfin Dell, 2 W-P, John A. Hunter, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #10871 Kirby Fong, USAElfin dellElfin Dell, 2 W-P, John A. Hunter, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #4058 Tony James, EnglandElfin dellElfin Dell, 2 W-P, John A. Hunter, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #1579 Kirby Fong, USAScan with your phone for instant access to "Elfin Dell"