Parsifal
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Classification:
2 W-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J. Lionel Richardson

b 1890 d 1961

crd 1911. Waterford, Co. Waterford, Republic of Ireland

J. Lionel Richardson
, Ireland
Registered:
Yes, 1962
Registrant:

Helen K. (Nell) Richardson

Helen K. (Nell) Richardson
, Ireland
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: 
Kilworth 2 W-YOO 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
White Sentinel x Hades
Kilworth
Pollen Parent: 
Arbar 2 W-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1948
Monaco x Forfar
Arbar
Seedling Number:
245/10
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 112 mm wide; perianth segments pure white; corona orange-scarlet, with rim dentate.

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ParsifalParsifal, 2 W-R, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1962
Photo #41417 Kirby Fong, USA