Tête-à-Tête
Classification:
12 Y-Y[ Miscellaneous ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Registered:
Yes, before 1949
Awards:
Seed Parent: 
Cyclataz 12 Y-O 
Alfred Wilby Tait, Portugal
Year Registered: 1922
Soleil d'Or x N. cyclamineus
Cyclataz
Pollen Parent: 
open pollinated
Chromosomes:
24 + 1B
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed,1 time as pollen
Comments

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’.

Origin of Name

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”.

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Tête-à-TêteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #56275 Hein Meeuwissen, the Netherlands
Tete-a-TeteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #53254 Yeskendir Satekov, Kazakhstan
Tete-a-TeteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #52125 Kirby Fong, USA
Tete-a-TeteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #49078 U.S. National Arboretum, USA
Tete-a-TeteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #47762 Coleen Toone, USA
Tete-a-TeteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #45551 ADS Photo, USA
Tête-à-TêteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #38556 Bradley McCarson, USA
Tête-à-TêteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #38175 Bradley McCarson, USA
Tête-à-TêteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #36506 Tom Stettner, USA
Tête-à-TêteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #36369 Bradley McCarson, USA
Tête-à-TêteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #36352 Bradley McCarson, USA
Tête-à-TêteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #35928 Fentongollan Farms, England
Tête-à-TêteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #32108 John Scheepers Bulbs, Inc., USA
Tête-à-TêteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #32107 John Scheepers Bulbs, Inc., USA
Tete-a-teteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #19935 Tom Stettner, USA
Tete-a-teteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #16904 Peter D.K. Ramsay, New Zealand
Tête-à-têteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #12710 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA
Tête-à-têteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #12165 Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland
Tête-à-têteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #9999 Ralph Sowell, USA
Tête-à-têteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #9887 Noeline McLaren, New Zealand
Tête-à-têteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #8958 Ian Tyler, England
Tête-à-têteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #8429 Bob Isaak, USA
Tête-à-têteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #7727 Ian Scroggy, Northern Ireland
Tête-à-têteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #7372 Becky Fox Matthews, USA
Tête-à-têteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #6557 Liz Ellwood, USA
Tête-à-têteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #6530 Mary Durtschi, USA
Tete-a-teteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #6140 Carlos van der Veek, the Netherlands
Tete-a-teteTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1949
Photo #798 Ben Blake, USA