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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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