Spotlight
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Classification:
2 W-Y[ 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, 1959
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: 
Polindra 2 W-Y 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1927
Polindra
Pollen Parent: 
Broughshane 1 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Trostan x Kanchenjunga
Broughshane
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Spotlight
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 115 mm wide; corona apricot yellow. Resembles ‘Polindra’ but with a proportionately longer corona.

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