Valley Lode
Classification:
2 Y-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1980
Registered:
Yes, 1992
Seed Parent: 
Golden Aura 2 Y-Y 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1964
Halo x open pollinated
Golden Aura
Pollen Parent: 
Camelot 2 Y-Y 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1962
Kingscourt x Ceylon
Camelot
Seedling Number:
54-75
Used as parent:
2 times as seed, 5 times as pollen
Comments

Fl. 98 mm wide, deep golden yellow; perianth segments roundish, very smooth, overlapping; corona funnel-shaped, with mouth straight and rim entire. Resembles a large-flowered ‘Golden Aura’ and a more smoothly textured ‘Camelot’.

Origin of Name

Part of Colin Crotty’s “Valley Series”. Named because the daffodil was bred in Pleasant Valley which is on the outskirts of Geraldine, South Island New Zealand.