Raindrop
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Classification:
5 W-W[ Triandrus ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Alec Gray

b 1895 d 1986

St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, England; Truro, Cornwall; Camborne,

Alec Gray
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1942
Awards:

AM(p) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

Qualified for cultivation in pots, Pans or bowls.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1955.AM(p) 1955; 
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. dubius Division 13 Species
Section: Tazettae
N. dubius
Pollen Parent: 
N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. loiseleurii Division 13 Species
Section: Ganymedes
N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. loiseleurii
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls up to about 30 mm wide; perianth segments acute, becoming strongly reflexed, overlapping; corona cup-shaped.

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RaindropRaindrop, 5 W-W, Alec Gray, England, 1942
Photo #13081 Tom Stettner, USARaindropRaindrop, 5 W-W, Alec Gray, England, 1942
Photo #8918 Tom Stettner, USARaindropRaindrop, 5 W-W, Alec Gray, England, 1942
Photo #2577 Kirby Fong, USA