Princess Mary
Classification:
2 W-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Registered:
Yes, before 1877
Seed Parent: 
(
N. pseudonarcissus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. pseudonarcissus
x
N. poeticus Division 13 Species
Section: Narcissus
N. poeticus
)
Pollen Parent: 
N. poeticus Division 13 Species
Section: Narcissus
N. poeticus
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
44 times as seed,1 time as pollen
Comments

Perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, prominently mucronate, creamy white, spreading, somewhat creased, overlapping a 1/4; inner segments more narrowly ovate, not mucronate, with margins wavy or incurling; corona shallow and very widely expanded, strongly ribbed, yellow, suffused with scarlet-orange, mouth wavy, rim dentate. Cart.& Good.1914 states: “creamy yellow perianth, cup suffused orange.” ‘Fitzjames’ was absorbed by ‘Princess Mary’.

Synonyms:

'Fitzjames', 'Incomparabilis Pallidus 'Princess Mary'', 'Princess Mary of Cambridge'

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Princess maryPrincess Mary, 2 W-O, Edward Leeds, England, 1877
Photo #399 ADS Photo, USA