Mottles
Classification:
7 YYW-Y[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
2004
Hybridizer:
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2016
Seed Parent: 
(
Hillstar 7 YYW-YWW 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1979
Daydream x N. jonquilla
Hillstar
x { [
Hicol 2 Y-P 
David S. Bell, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1971
Red Conquest x Red Conquest
Hicol
x
Value 2 W-YPP 
William Jackson, Jr., Australia
Year of first flowering: 1970
Kuprena x Verran
Value
] x
Obsession 2 W-P 
David Jackson, Australia
Year of first flowering: 1976
Cathlin x Verran
Obsession
} )
Pollen Parent: 
Emerald Sea 7 W-G 
John A. Hunter, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1999
Sea Dream x N. viridiflorus
Emerald Sea
Seedling Number:
67/99 I
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 3-6 per stem, (63-)75mm wide; perianth segments 32mm long, broadly ovate, blunt, brilliant greenish yellow with white at base, spreading, plane, with margins a little incurling, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower; corona 13mm long, bowl-shaped, lightly ribbed, light greenish yellow, mouth expanded and wavy, with rim entire. Strongly scented.

Origin of Name

Named in loving memory of the Hunter’s treasured cat named Mottles.