Flomay
Classification:
7 W-WWP[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Hybridizer:

Alec Gray

b 1895 d 1986

St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, England; Truro, Cornwall; Camborne,

Alec Gray
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1946
Special Classes:
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

, New Zealand NDS Miniatures, The Daffodil Society Miniatures
Seed Parent: 
N. rupicola subsp. watieri Division 13 Species
Section: Apodanthi
N. rupicola subsp. watieri
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Flomay
Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, a little reflexed, overlapping; the inner segments somewhat twisted or with margins incurving; corona bowl-shaped, white, with a faint band of pink at rim. The corona sometimes more or less suffused pink.

Origin of Name

Named in honor of Flomay Gray, the raiser/hybridizer’s wife.

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FlomayFlomay, 7 W-WWP, Alec Gray, England, 1946
Photo #53812 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAFlomayFlomay, 7 W-WWP, Alec Gray, England, 1946
Photo #53811 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAFlomayFlomay, 7 W-WWP, Alec Gray, England, 1946
Photo #29404 Tommy Dunn, USAFlomayFlomay, 7 W-WWP, Alec Gray, England, 1946
Photo #12151 Brian S. Duncan, Northern IrelandFlomayFlomay, 7 W-WWP, Alec Gray, England, 1946
Photo #10903 Kirby Fong, USAFlomayFlomay, 7 W-WWP, Alec Gray, England, 1946
Photo #7246 Becky Fox Matthews, USAFlomayFlomay, 7 W-WWP, Alec Gray, England, 1946
Photo #832 Paul Botting, USA