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Classification:
2 W-YYO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Nial Watson

Founder of Ringhaddy Daffodils

Nial Watson
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, 2013
Special Classes:
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.

, The Daffodil Society Intermediates
Seed Parent: 
Brave Journey 2 W-YYO 
Carncairn Daffodils, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1986
Merlin x (Seraglio x Signal Light)
Brave Journey
Pollen Parent: 
Witch Doctor 3 W-YYO 
Ballydorn Bulb Farm, Northern Ireland
Year of first flowering: 1972
(Merlin x unknown)
Witch Doctor
Seedling Number:
734
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded, 68mm wide; perianth segments 27mm long, roundish, very broad, mucronate, white, spreading, plane or with margins incurved, with midrib showing, of heavy substance, overlapping a quarter; the inner segments shouldered at base; corona 13mm long, bowl-shaped, ribbed, brilliant yellow, with a band of strong orange, mouth flared, ribbed and even, with rim crenate.

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Solar EclipseSolar Eclipse, 2 W-YYO, Nial Watson, Northern Ireland, 2013
Photo #52682 Nial Watson, Northern Ireland