Spoirot
Classification:
10 W-W[ Bulbocodium Hybrids ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
1987
Hybridizer:
Glenbrook Bulb Farm, Tasmania, Australia
Registered:
Yes, 1998
Awards:
This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

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

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2011. AM 2011; This plant earned the Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for garden decoration or use (whether for open garden or under glass). The award is only given following a period of assessment. Assessment can take place in one or more of the following ways: 1) Trials at one of the Society’s Gardens or at some other venue; 2) Visits to specialist collections; 3) Round-table discussions drawing on the collective expertise and experience of Committee members, with the opportunity to call on further specialists when necessary.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2011. AGM 2011;
Special Classes:
ADS Miniatures, New Zealand NDS Miniatures, The Daffodil Society Miniatures
Seed Parent: 
N. bulbocodium subsp. bulbocodium var. conspicuus Division 13 Species
Section: Bulbocodium
N. bulbocodium subsp. bulbocodium var. conspicuus
Pollen Parent: 
N. cantabricus subsp. cantabricus var. foliosus Division 13 Species
Section: Bulbocodium
N. cantabricus subsp. cantabricus var. foliosus
Seedling Num:
3/87
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Spoirot
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
4 times as seed
Descendants:
Descendants TreeClick this icon to display the Descendants of Spoirot
Comments:

Fl. 40 mm wide, greenish white perianth segments narrowly oblong, acute, spreading, widely separated; corona deep bowl-shaped, with mouth slightly wavy and rim entire.

Origin of Name:

Part of Rod Barwick’s “Little Detective Series” named after Agatha Christie’s fictional Belgian detective character, Hercule Poirot. Poirot appeared in 33 novels and 51 short stories.

Spoirot
Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos  

SpoirotSpoirot, 10 W-W, Glenbrook Bulb Farm, 1998, Tasmania, Australia 
Photo: Kirby Fong, California, USASpoirotSpoirot, 10 W-W, Glenbrook Bulb Farm, 1998, Tasmania, Australia 
Photo: Kirby Fong, California, USASpoirotSpoirot, 10 W-W, Glenbrook Bulb Farm, 1998, Tasmania, Australia 
Photo: Tom Stettner, Ohio, USASpoirotSpoirot, 10 W-W, Glenbrook Bulb Farm, 1998, Tasmania, Australia 
Photo: Mary Lou Gripshover, Ohio, USASpoirotSpoirot, 10 W-W, Glenbrook Bulb Farm, 1998, Tasmania, Australia 
Photo: Kirby Fong, California, USASpoirotSpoirot, 10 W-W, Glenbrook Bulb Farm, 1998, Tasmania, Australia 
Photo: Becky Fox Matthews, Tennessee, USASpoirotSpoirot, 10 W-W, Glenbrook Bulb Farm, 1998, Tasmania, Australia 
Photo: Jon Kawaguchi, California, USASpoirotSpoirot, 10 W-W, Glenbrook Bulb Farm, 1998, Tasmania, Australia 
Photo: Becky Fox Matthews, Tennessee, USASpoirotSpoirot, 10 W-W, Glenbrook Bulb Farm, 1998, Tasmania, Australia 
Photo: Becky Fox Matthews, Tennessee, USASpoirotSpoirot, 10 W-W, Glenbrook Bulb Farm, 1998, Tasmania, Australia 
Photo: Jon Kawaguchi, California, USASpoirotSpoirot, 10 W-W, Glenbrook Bulb Farm, 1998, Tasmania, Australia 
Photo: Jon Kawaguchi, California, USASpoirotSpoirot, 10 W-W, Glenbrook Bulb Farm, 1998, Tasmania, Australia 
Photo: Mary Lou Gripshover, Ohio, USASpoirotSpoirot, 10 W-W, Glenbrook Bulb Farm, 1998, Tasmania, Australia 
Photo: Mary Lou Gripshover, Ohio, USAScan with your phone for instant access to "Spoirot"