Pixie
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Classification:
7 Y-Y[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Matthew Fowlds

b 1880 d 1972

Salem, Oregon, USA

Matthew Fowlds
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1959
Registrant:

Grant E. Mitsch

b 1907, d 1989.
Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Grant E. Mitsch

Photo approx.1973

Grant E. Mitsch
, Oregon, USA
Special Class:
ADS Miniatures

The American Daffodil Society maintains a "Suggested List of Miniature-Sized Daffodils".

A miniature single floreted cultivar normally possess a flower less than 50 mm (1.97") in natural spread.

For a multi-floreted miniature daffodil the guideline measurement for the floral mass is 72mm (2.83") in natural spread.

The ADS requires show exhibitors to enter miniature daffodils only in classes for specific for miniatures.

Any named, numbered, or species daffodil which appears graceful, with all its parts proportionately small, may be exhibited in Miniature classes and is eligible for all ADS awards

Seed Parent: 
N. assoanus Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. assoanus
Pollen Parent: 
N. jonquilla Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. jonquilla
?
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Pixie
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls up to 5 per stem; perianth segments broad, somewhat obovate, rounded at apex, prominently mucronate, reflexed, plane, overlapping half; the inner segments not noticeably mucronate, a little less strongly reflexed, somewhat concave or with margins wavy; corona bowl-shaped, smooth, with mouth even or very slightly wavy, rim entire.

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PixiePixie, 7 Y-Y, Matthew Fowlds, United States, 1959
Photo #4879 Wells Knierim, USA