Little Gem
Classification:
1 Y-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
1938
Selected by:

J. Gerritsen and Son

J. Gerritsen and Son
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, 1959
Awards:
Special Classes:
Selection of: 
N. minor Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. minor
Chromosomes:
14
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
9 times as seed, 5 times as pollen
Descendants:
Comments

Broadly ovate, with slight white mucro, strongly inflexed, overlapping 1/4 to 1/3; inner segments with margins wavy; corona cylindrical, sometimes constricted near mid-point, slightly ribbed, with darker tone of yellow at rim, mouth flared, 6-lobed, even, with rim notched. Resembles ‘Bagatelle’ and ‘Wee Bee’, also a more floriferous N. nanus.

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Little GemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #56225 Hein Meeuwissen, the Netherlands
Little GemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #56224 Hein Meeuwissen, the Netherlands
Little GemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #55371 Bradley McCarson, USA
Little GemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #55369 Bradley McCarson, USA
Little GemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #55368 Bradley McCarson, USA
Little GemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #49226 Noeline McLaren, New Zealand
Little GemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #49225 Noeline McLaren, New Zealand
Little GemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #48175 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA
Little GemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #46182 Quality Daffodils, England
Little GemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #42329 Hein Meeuwissen, the Netherlands
Little GemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #33477 Bradley McCarson, USA
Little GemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #33476 Bradley McCarson, USA
Little gemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #21728 Heath Family Archives, USA
Little gemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #12585 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA
Little gemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #7678 Ian Scroggy, Northern Ireland
Little gemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #7460 Hein Meeuwissen, the Netherlands
Little gemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #7459 Hein Meeuwissen, the Netherlands
Little gemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #7297 Becky Fox Matthews, USA
Little gemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #3837 Phyllis Hess, USA
Little gemLittle Gem, 1 Y-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1959
Photo #2134 Kirby Fong, USA