Megalith
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Classification:
2 W-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Tom Bloomer

b 1905 d 1989

Rathowen Daffodils, Dergmoney, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland (1971-73)

Tom Bloomer
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1984
Registrant:

Rathowen Daffodils

Rathowen Daffodils
, Northern Ireland, UK
Seed Parent: 
[
Fermoy 2 W-YOO 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Niphetos x Backhouse 263 seedling~ 2W-R
Fermoy
x (
Red Hackle 2 W-YOO 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1936
Folly x Red Abbot
Red Hackle
x
Glenwherry 3 W-R 
W.J. (Willy) Dunlop, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1947
Isola x Sunstar
Glenwherry
) ]
Pollen Parent: 
Festivity 2 W-Y 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1954
Bodilly ? x Brunswick ?
Festivity
Seedling Number:
292
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments very broad, rounded at apex and with margins sometimes incurling, mucronate, spreading, plane, smooth, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, somewhat truncate, minutely mucronate, shouldered at base; corona funnel-shaped, rich golden yellow, mouth widely expanded, finely ribbed, a little frilled, rim crenate.

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MegalithMegalith, 2 W-Y, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1984
Photo #45680 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAMegalithMegalith, 2 W-Y, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1984
Photo #20169 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAMegalithMegalith, 2 W-Y, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1984
Photo #14354 Kirby Fong, USAMegalithMegalith, 2 W-Y, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1984
Photo #5986 George Tarry, England