Lima's Shooting Stars
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Classification:
12 G-G[ Miscellaneous ]
Season:
Fall or Autumn Blooming
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Hybridizer:

Manuel Lima

Walnut Grove, California, USA

Manuel Lima
, California, USA
Registered:
Yes, 2006
Registrant:

Harold Koopowitz

Orange County, California, USA

Harold Koopowitz
, California, USA
Awards:

AM Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

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

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2018.AM 2018; 
Pollen Parent: 
N. viridiflorus Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. viridiflorus
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Lima's Shooting Stars
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls. star-shaped, 45mm, 3-4 fls/stem at right angles or facing up, opening pale yellow-green, becoming grayish green; perianth segments lanceolate, acute, strongly reflexed; corona cup-shaped, ribbed, mouth straight, lobed, wavy; autumn flowering;

Origin of Name

Part of Koopowitz’s “Lima Series” after Manual Lima who hybridized using N. viridiflorus. Named because of the star-like shaped flowers.

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Lima's Shooting StarsLima's Shooting Stars, 12 G-G, Manuel Lima, United States, 2006
Photo #62223 Anne Wright, EnglandLima's Shooting StarsLima's Shooting Stars, 12 G-G, Manuel Lima, United States, 2006
Photo #62222 Anne Wright, EnglandLima's Shooting StarsLima's Shooting Stars, 12 G-G, Manuel Lima, United States, 2006
Photo #62221 Anne Wright, EnglandLima's Shooting StarsLima's Shooting Stars, 12 G-G, Manuel Lima, United States, 2006
Photo #62220 Anne Wright, EnglandLima's Shooting StarsLima's Shooting Stars, 12 G-G, Manuel Lima, United States, 2006
Photo #54502 Nial Watson, Northern IrelandLima's Shooting StarsLima's Shooting Stars, 12 G-G, Manuel Lima, United States, 2006
Photo #54497 Ben Blake, USALima's Shooting StarsLima's Shooting Stars, 12 G-G, Manuel Lima, United States, 2006
Photo #54442 Harold Koopowitz, USALima's Shooting StarsLima's Shooting Stars, 12 G-G, Manuel Lima, United States, 2006
Photo #38058 Pierfrancesco De Sanctis, ItalyLima's Shooting StarsLima's Shooting Stars, 12 G-G, Manuel Lima, United States, 2006
Photo #38056 Pierfrancesco De Sanctis, ItalyLima's shooting starsLima's Shooting Stars, 12 G-G, Manuel Lima, United States, 2006
Photo #6388 Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland