Daffodil (Narcissus) "Polar Convention" details in the DaffSeek database

Polar Convention

Classification:

3 W-W[ Small-Cupped ]

Season:

Mid-Season

Height:

Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)

Year of first flowering:

1986

Hybridizer:

John A. Hunter

Nelson, New Zealand

John A. Hunter, South Island, New Zealand

Registered:

Yes, 1999

Awards:

This plant earned the First Class Certificate (FCC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the New Zealand National Daffodil Society in 2000. FCC(e)(NZ) 2000;

Seed Parent:

Polar Imp 3 W-W
Rev. E.W. Philpott, Australia
Year Registered: 1973

Polar Imp

Pollen Parent:

Polar Dawn 2 W-WWY
John A. Hunter, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1982
Easter Moon x (Green Island x Personality)
Polar Dawn

Seedling Number:

32/81B

Pedigree Chart:

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Descendants:

None

Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 105 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, spreading, plane, very smooth, overlapping; corona bowl-shaped, with mouth regularly and tightly frilled.

Origin of Name

Part of John Hunter’s “Polar Series”.

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