Princeps
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Classification:
1 W-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Unknown

Unknown
Registered:
Yes, before 1830
Special Class:
ADS Historics

The ADS defines a Historic Daffodil as any cultivar formally registered with the Royal Horticultural Society or known in gardens prior to 1940.

The year 1939 at the end of this period, marked the beginning of World War II, a time during which fewer new daffodil cultivars were either created or made available, especially in Europe.

The ADS believes this class will interest a segment of exhibitors and may encourage bulb growers to keep these pre-war era cultivars available.

Because Historic daffodils tend to have less form than modern daffodils, they mmay be exhibited in special classes to compete against others iths same class.

Chromosomes:
14
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
4 times as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 95 mm wide; perianth segments narrowly ovate, acute, sulfur white, inflexed, twisted, smooth, overlapping at base only; corona narrowly funnel-shaped, loosely ribbed, rich yellow, paler at base, mouth expanded and more strongly ribbed, rim notched and dentate.

This daffodil may have Italian origin. There is a question if this daffodil is the same as the species N. gayi?

According to a daffodil historian in the Netherlands, ‘Princeps’ is a selection of a Dutch wild narcissus.

Synonyms:

'Irish Princeps', 'Princeps Grand Trumpeter', 'Principe Umberto Primo'

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PrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #57966 Sue Taylor, EnglandPrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #57812 Sue Taylor, EnglandPrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #57811 Sue Taylor, EnglandPrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #57810 Sue Taylor, EnglandPrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #57809 Sue Taylor, EnglandPrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #56192 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsPrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #55505 Ross Hornsby, USAPrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #51709 John F. McLennan, New ZealandPrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #46517 John F. McLennan, New ZealandPrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #46516 John F. McLennan, New ZealandPrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #42398 Ron A. Scamp, EnglandPrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #41457 Kirby Fong, USAPrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #16733 Gertrude Hartland, IrelandPrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #15813 Carlos van der Veek, the NetherlandsPrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #15812 Carlos van der Veek, the NetherlandsPrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #14640 Kirby Fong, USAPrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #11380 Old House Gardens Heirloom Bulbs, USAPrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #7841 Ian Tyler, EnglandPrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #7840 Ian Tyler, EnglandPrincepsPrinceps, 1 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, 1830
Photo #6672 Joe Hamm, USA