Moon Orbit
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Classification:
2 Y-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Hybridizer:

Warnaar and Co.

Warnaar and Co.
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, 1969
Awards:

AM Haarlem 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 Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1969.AM Haarlem 1969; 
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Seed Parent: 
Calabar 2 W-Y 
Angus Wilson, Unknown
Year Registered: 1957
Calabar
Pollen Parent: 
Rushlight 2 Y-W 
Angus Wilson, Unknown
Year Registered: 1957
Binkie ?
Rushlight
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Moon Orbit
Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments broad, rounded at apex, greenish yellow; corona brighter in tone, regularly frilled.

Varies between Divisions 2 and 1.

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Moon orbitMoon Orbit, 2 Y-Y, Warnaar and Co., the Netherlands, 1969
Photo #6892 Brent and Becky Heath, USA