Society Belle
Classification:
2 W-GYP[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Registered:
Yes, 1987
Registrant:

Rathowen Daffodils

Rathowen Daffodils
, Northern Ireland, UK
Seed Parent: 
High Society 2 W-GWP 
Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1979
May Queen x 2 W-P Richardson seedling~ R3341
High Society
Pollen Parent: 
Fragrant Rose 2 W-GPP 
Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1978
(Roseworthy x unknown) x Merlin ?
Fragrant Rose
Seedling Number:
D985
Fertility:
Believed to be Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded; perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, slightly mucronate, square-shouldered at base, pure white, spreading, with margins sometimes incurling at apex, smooth, overlapping half; the inner segments very little narrower, a little inflexed; corona short funnel-shaped, lightly ribbed, yellow, sometimes fading to white, with green at base sometimes fading to yellow, with a broad band of deep pink at rim, mouth widely expanded, more closely ribbed, a little frilled, rim minutely crenate. Resembles a more deeply colored ‘High Society’. Opens GYP, may fade to YWP as flower matures.