Little Pinkie
Classification:
8 W-P[ Tazetta ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Harold Koopowitz

Orange County, California, USA

Harold Koopowitz
, California, USA
Registered:
Yes, 2011
Awards:

Innovation Medal Award

The Innovation Medal was presented by Brian & Betty Duncan of Northern Ireland to the American Daffodil Society in 2004 at its 50th Anniversary Convention in Washington DC.

This gold medal is awarded to the hybridizer (or if deceased to the principal cultivar stockholder or exhibitor) of the most innovative daffodil exhibited at the ADS National Show. The winning variety should demonstrate significant novelty, advance or break-through qualities that could be expected to influence future development of the genus for commercial or exhibition purposes.

The Medal is available for Award at the discretion and unanimous vote of the President’s selected panel of expert judges.

Awarded by the American Daffodil Society in 2011.

Innovation Medal 2011; 
Seed Parent: 
Little Ruby 2 W-R 
Dr. John R. Reed, United States
Year Registered: 1999
Dulcie Joan x Ken's Favorite
Little Ruby
Pollen Parent: 
N. tortifolius Division 13 Species
Section: Tazettae
N. tortifolius
Seedling Number:
02-139-1
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 2-3 per stem, forming a double triangle, 39mm wide; perianth segments 16mm long, ovate, acute, mucronate, white, with a pink flush, spreading, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower; corona 10mm long, funnel-shaped, smooth, reddish pink, mouth straight and wavy, with rim entire. Sunproof.

Origin of Name

Named because this daffodil is small and very pink.

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Little PinkieLittle Pinkie, 8 W-P, Harold Koopowitz, United States, 2011
Photo #51549 Kirby Fong, USA