Flaming Meteor
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Classification:
2 Y-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Grant E. Mitsch

b 1907, d 1989.
Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Grant E. Mitsch

Photo approx.1973

Grant E. Mitsch
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1962
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Seed Parent: 
Armada 2 Y-O 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
15/7 {[Princess Mary x (Emperor x King Alfred)] x Fortune} x Cornish Fire ?
Armada
Pollen Parent: 
Ceylon 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1943
Marksman x Diolite
Ceylon
Seedling Number:
R4/1
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
6 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 127 mm wide; perianth segments clear deep yellow; corona orange-red. Resembles a larger- flowered ‘Ceylon’.

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Flaming meteorFlaming Meteor, 2 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1962
Photo #7758 Ralph Sowell, USAFlaming meteorFlaming Meteor, 2 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1962
Photo #5119 Grant E. Mitsch, USA