Satchmo
Classification:
1 YYW-W[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Registered:
Yes, 2004
Seed Parent: 
Carib Gipsy 2 Y-WWY 
A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England
Year Registered: 1987
Camelot x Daydream
Carib Gipsy
Pollen Parent: 
Lemon Snow 2 YYW-WWY 
Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States
Year of first flowering: 1970
(P5/8 seedling x Lunar Sea) x Salem
Lemon Snow
Seedling Number:
96-20-S13
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 115 mm wide, facing up; perianth segments broadly ovate in outline, blunt or rounded at apex, light greenish yellow, flushed greenish white at base, with prominent white mucro, reflexed, somewhat concave, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate; corona funnel-shaped, angled, opening pale creamy pink, becoming creamy white, mouth ribbed and flared, lightly frilled and deeply lobed, with the lobes overlapping and crenate.

Origin of Name

Named after American jazz musician Louie Armstrong (Satchmo). The trumpet on this daffodil is over-sized, making its presentation more dramatic, like the trumpet held by Louie Armstrong when he performed on stage.