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

G. Helmus

Raised daffodils 1960-1970. Sassenheim, Holland

G. Helmus
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, 1960
Awards:

FCFA Haarlem Award

This plant earned the First Class Forcing Award (FCFA).

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1969.FCFA Haarlem 1969; 

FA Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Forcing Award (FA).

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1968.FA Haarlem 1968; 

AM(p)(f) 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 market cultivar for forcing

Qualified for cultivation in pots, Pans or bowls.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1967.AM(p)(f) 1967; 

TGA Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Trial Garden Award (TGA).

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1962.TGA Haarlem 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: 
Magnificence 1 Y-Y 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1914
Maximus x Leeds (N. hispanicus subsp. hispanicus var. spurius x unknown)
Magnificence
Pollen Parent: 
Carlton 2 Y-Y 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1927
Carlton
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 127 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, slightly mucronate, brilliant greenish yellow a little inflexed, regular, overlapping one-third; corona vivid yellow with mouth expanded and frilled, rim notched and crenate. Sometimes marketed under the name of ‘Breck’s Colossal’.

Synonyms:

'Breck's Colossal'

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Gigantic StarGigantic Star, 2 Y-Y, G. Helmus, the Netherlands, 1960
Photo #55508 Ross Hornsby, USAGigantic StarGigantic Star, 2 Y-Y, G. Helmus, the Netherlands, 1960
Photo #55481 Ross Hornsby, USAGigantic StarGigantic Star, 2 Y-Y, G. Helmus, the Netherlands, 1960
Photo #48942 U.S. National Arboretum, USAGigantic StarGigantic Star, 2 Y-Y, G. Helmus, the Netherlands, 1960
Photo #47330 Guntis Grants, LatviaGigantic StarGigantic Star, 2 Y-Y, G. Helmus, the Netherlands, 1960
Photo #45793 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaGigantic StarGigantic Star, 2 Y-Y, G. Helmus, the Netherlands, 1960
Photo #45315 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaGigantic StarGigantic Star, 2 Y-Y, G. Helmus, the Netherlands, 1960
Photo #45314 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaGigantic StarGigantic Star, 2 Y-Y, G. Helmus, the Netherlands, 1960
Photo #42108 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsGigantic StarGigantic Star, 2 Y-Y, G. Helmus, the Netherlands, 1960
Photo #41956 Carlos van der Veek, the NetherlandsGigantic StarGigantic Star, 2 Y-Y, G. Helmus, the Netherlands, 1960
Photo #40542 Becky Fox Matthews, USAGigantic starGigantic Star, 2 Y-Y, G. Helmus, the Netherlands, 1960
Photo #16929 Christopher Harley, USAGigantic starGigantic Star, 2 Y-Y, G. Helmus, the Netherlands, 1960
Photo #15712 Carlos van der Veek, the NetherlandsGigantic starGigantic Star, 2 Y-Y, G. Helmus, the Netherlands, 1960
Photo #8416 Bob Isaak, USA