Merlin
Classification:
3 W-YYR[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Registered:
Yes, 1956
Awards:
Seed Parent: 
Mahmoud 3 W-R 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1937
Folly x Sunstar
Mahmoud
Pollen Parent: 
Mahmoud 3 W-R 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1937
Folly x Sunstar
Mahmoud
Chromosomes:
28
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
57 times as seed, 26 times as pollen
Comments

Fl. 74 mm wide; perianth segments very broad in outline, rounded at apex and sometimes truncate, mucronate, spreading or a very slightly inflexed, concave, smooth, with margins occasionally incurling at apex; the inner segments a little narrower, minutely mucronate, rounded at shoulder; corona almost disc-shaped, lightly ribbed, brilliant yellow, with orange-red at rim, mouth with six deeply overlapping lobes, with margins wavy. Scented. The parentage is ‘Mahmoud’ self-pollinated.

Intermediate size daffodil.

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MerlinMerlin, 3 W-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #57855 Sue Taylor, England
MerlinMerlin, 3 W-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #52823 Kirby Fong, USA
MerlinMerlin, 3 W-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #48992 U.S. National Arboretum, USA
MerlinMerlin, 3 W-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #45710 Tony James, England
MerlinMerlin, 3 W-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #42626 Tony James, England
MerlinMerlin, 3 W-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #35245 Kirby Fong, USA
MerlinMerlin, 3 W-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #32901 Rose Bradley, USA
MerlinMerlin, 3 W-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #32197 John Scheepers Bulbs, Inc., USA
MerlinMerlin, 3 W-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #32196 John Scheepers Bulbs, Inc., USA
MerlinMerlin, 3 W-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #20803 Quality Daffodils, England
MerlinMerlin, 3 W-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #19345 Brenda Lyon, Australia
MerlinMerlin, 3 W-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #12115 Juan Andres Varas Braun, Chile
MerlinMerlin, 3 W-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #9763 Noeline McLaren, New Zealand
MerlinMerlin, 3 W-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #8264 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA
MerlinMerlin, 3 W-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #8263 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA
MerlinMerlin, 3 W-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #7466 Hein Meeuwissen, the Netherlands
MerlinMerlin, 3 W-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #5628 Sara Ann Shryoc, USA
MerlinMerlin, 3 W-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #4822 Wells Knierim, USA
MerlinMerlin, 3 W-YYR, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1956
Photo #3416 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA