Radiant Star
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Classification:
2 WWY-GYY[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
1982
Hybridizer:

Mrs. Goethe (Helen) Link

Brooklyn, Indiana, USA

Mrs. Goethe (Helen) Link
, Indiana, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1999
Special Class:
ADS Intermediates

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

The ADS defines an intermediate daffodil as a standard daffodil in Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, or 11 having a single floret whose diameter is typically greater than 50mm and through 80mm.

Intermediate daffodils may be entered in ADS show exibition classes for standard daffodils as well as classes reserved for intermediate daffodils.

Seed Parent: 
(
Beige Beauty 3 Y-Y 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year of first flowering: 1955
Green Island x Chinese White
Beige Beauty
x
Limeade 2 Y-W 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1962
Binkie x (King of the North x Content)
Limeade
)
Pollen Parent: 
Rio Rouge 2 O-R 
Ballydorn Bulb Farm, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1974
Foxhunter x Alight seedling~
Rio Rouge
Seedling Number:
1976A
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. star-shaped, 59 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, acute, white, with pale yellow at base, slightly reflexed, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, with midrib showing, overlapping at base only; corona cylindrical, angled, pale yellow, with green at base, mouth flared, ribbed, wavy, with rim dentate.

Origin of Name

The Link property included an observatory, and the name complements others such as Baby Star and Galactic.

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Radiant starRadiant Star, 2 WWY-GYY, Mrs. Goethe (Helen) Link, United States, 1999
Photo #7184 Mrs. Goethe (Helen) Link, USARadiant starRadiant Star, 2 WWY-GYY, Mrs. Goethe (Helen) Link, United States, 1999
Photo #7183 Mrs. Goethe (Helen) Link, USA