Alfred Wilby Tait, Portugal
Year Registered: 1922
Soleil d'Or x N. cyclamineus
Cyclataz
Fls 2-3 per stem, 65 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, brilliant yellow with slight white mucro, spreading or a little reflexed, plane, overlapping 1/4; inner segments with margins wavy; cup is cylindrical, short, broadly angled, slightly constricted near mouth, darker in tone than the perianth, mouth straight or slightly expanded, 6-lobed, with rim crenate. Is sibling to ‘Jumblie’ and ‘Quince’.
According to Nancy Wilson, miniatures expert from California,’Tête-à-Tête’ was named as a joke on Mr. Tait. Frank Waley, who was there when it was named, said it was named by Mr. Tait’s friend. Mr. Tait bred early miniatures and bred two of his to produce this one. It was never meant to refer to one or two flowers per stem. The name is French for “head to head”.
Tête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #56275 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #53254 Yeskendir Satekov, KazakhstanTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #52125 Kirby Fong, USATête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #49078 U.S. National Arboretum, USATête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #47762 Coleen Toone, USATête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #45551 ADS Photo, USATête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #38556 Bradley McCarson, USATête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #38175 Bradley McCarson, USATête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #36506 Tom Stettner, USATête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #36369 Bradley McCarson, USATête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #36352 Bradley McCarson, USATête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #35928 Fentongollan Farms, EnglandTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #32108 John Scheepers Bulbs, Inc., USATête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #32107 John Scheepers Bulbs, Inc., USATête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #19935 Tom Stettner, USATête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #16904 Peter D.K. Ramsay, New ZealandTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #12710 Mary Lou Gripshover, USATête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #12165 Brian S. Duncan, Northern IrelandTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #9999 Ralph Sowell, USATête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #9887 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #8958 Ian Tyler, EnglandTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #8429 Bob Isaak, USATête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #7727 Ian Scroggy, Northern IrelandTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #7372 Becky Fox Matthews, USATête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #6557 Liz Ellwood, USATête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #6530 Mary Durtschi, USATête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #6140 Carlos van der Veek, the NetherlandsTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #798 Ben Blake, USA