Setting Sun
Classification:
2 W-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

David S. Bell

b 1905 d 1987

Christchurch, New Zealand; Templeton

David S. Bell
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1960
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Seed Parent: 
Papanui Queen 2 W-O 
George Lewis, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1940
Papanui Queen
Pollen Parent: 
Invergordon 2 Y-O 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1930
Therapia x (Beacon x Fortune)
Invergordon
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 102 mm wide; perianth segments creamy white; corona dark reddish orange. Resembles `Papanui Queen’ but with a redder corona; the cup solid, glowing orange-red throughout.

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