Gay Challenger
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Classification:
4 W-O[ Double ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J. Lionel Richardson

b 1890 d 1961

crd 1911. Waterford, Co. Waterford, Republic of Ireland

J. Lionel Richardson
, Ireland
Registered:
Yes, 1962
Registrant:

Helen K. (Nell) Richardson

Helen K. (Nell) Richardson
, Ireland
Awards:

FCC(e) Award

This plant earned the First Class Certificate (FCC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1972.FCC(e) 1972; 

AM(e) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1964.AM(e) 1964; 
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: 
Gay Time 4 W-R 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1952
Falaise x Limerick
Gay Time
Pollen Parent: 
Arbar 2 W-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1948
Monaco x Forfar
Arbar
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
5 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 117 mm wide; perianth and segments very broadly ovate, pure white, a little concave, overlapping half; the outer whorl truncate, prominently mucronate, spreading; the inner whorl a little shorter, blunt, only very slightly mucronate, inflexed, with margins wavy; a number of segments at center strongly inflexed, twisted or with margins deeply incurling or folded inwards; corona segments very short, interspersed among the petaloid segments at center, brilliant orange, tightly frilled.

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Gay ChallengerGay Challenger, 4 W-O, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1962
Photo #47992 Harold Koopowitz, USAGay ChallengerGay Challenger, 4 W-O, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1962
Photo #45293 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaGay ChallengerGay Challenger, 4 W-O, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1962
Photo #45292 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaGay ChallengerGay Challenger, 4 W-O, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1962
Photo #45291 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaGay challengerGay Challenger, 4 W-O, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1962
Photo #3309 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA