Fortissimo
Classification:
2 Y-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

de Graaff Bros.

de Graaff Bros.

Photo: Simon Adriaan de Graaff
From 1914 RHS Daffodil Year Book

de Graaff Bros.
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, 1964
Registrant:

de Graaff Bros and van Konynenburg and Co.

de Graaff Bros and van Konynenburg and Co.
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.

Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 120 mm wide; perianth segments oblong, blunt, prominently mucronate, brilliant greenish yellow spreading, overlapping one-third; the inner segments more nearly ovate, a little twisted; corona funnel-shaped, lightly ribbed, strong orange lightly frilled, with rim deeply notched and crenate.

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FortissimoFortissimo, 2 Y-O, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1964
Photo #47739 Coleen Toone, USAFortissimoFortissimo, 2 Y-O, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1964
Photo #47738 Coleen Toone, USAFortissimoFortissimo, 2 Y-O, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1964
Photo #47737 Coleen Toone, USAFortissimoFortissimo, 2 Y-O, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1964
Photo #46999 Becky Fox Matthews, USAFortissimoFortissimo, 2 Y-O, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1964
Photo #46913 Deb Pratt, USAFortissimoFortissimo, 2 Y-O, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1964
Photo #45788 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaFortissimoFortissimo, 2 Y-O, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1964
Photo #40698 John Scheepers Bulbs, Inc., USAFortissimoFortissimo, 2 Y-O, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1964
Photo #15705 Carlos van der Veek, the NetherlandsFortissimoFortissimo, 2 Y-O, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1964
Photo #15704 Carlos van der Veek, the NetherlandsFortissimoFortissimo, 2 Y-O, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1964
Photo #8860 Theodore E. Snazelle, USAFortissimoFortissimo, 2 Y-O, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1964
Photo #8415 Bob Isaak, USAFortissimoFortissimo, 2 Y-O, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1964
Photo #6445 Mary Durtschi, USA