Shrimp
Classification:
5 Y-Y[ Triandrus ]
Season:
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, 1955
Special Classes:
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

, The Daffodil Society Miniatures
Seed Parent: 
N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. triandrus Division 13 Species
Section: Ganymedes
N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. triandrus
Pollen Parent: 
N. assoanus Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. assoanus
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. pale yellow; corona proportionately somewhat large. Pollen parent N. assoanus was formerly called juncifolius; seed parent formerly called N. triandrus subsp. albus.

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ShrimpShrimp, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1955
Photo #52089 Kirby Fong, USAShrimpShrimp, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1955
Photo #52088 Kirby Fong, USAShrimpShrimp, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1955
Photo #52087 Kirby Fong, USAShrimpShrimp, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1955
Photo #52086 Kirby Fong, USAShrimpShrimp, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1955
Photo #46038 Tom Stettner, USAShrimpShrimp, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1955
Photo #41511 Kirby Fong, USAShrimpShrimp, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1955
Photo #41510 Kirby Fong, USAShrimpShrimp, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1955
Photo #41509 Kirby Fong, USAShrimpShrimp, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1955
Photo #9307 Kirby Fong, USAShrimpShrimp, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1955
Photo #9306 Kirby Fong, USAShrimpShrimp, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1955
Photo #9305 Kirby Fong, USAShrimpShrimp, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1955
Photo #9304 Kirby Fong, USAShrimpShrimp, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1955
Photo #9303 Kirby Fong, USAShrimpShrimp, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1955
Photo #4941 Wells Knierim, USAShrimpShrimp, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1955
Photo #3527 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA