Casey
Classification:
2 W-YYO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Year of first flowering:
1988
Registered:
Yes, 2000
Seed Parent: 
Merlin 3 W-YYR 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1956
Mahmoud x Mahmoud
Merlin
Pollen Parent: 
Rainbow 2 W-WWP 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1961
Interim x Rose Caprice
Rainbow
Seedling Number:
80-15
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 85 mm wide, facing up; perianth segments ovate, shouldered at base, rounded at apex, slightly reflexed, with margins incurling, smooth and of heavy substance, with midrib showing, overlapping; the inner segments narrower; corona cup-shaped, ribbed, yellow, with a broad band of orange at rim varying from pale to darker tones according to season, with rim dentate.

Origin of Name

Named after hybridizer’s grand-niece, who asked her aunt to ‘pwease’ give her some daffodils.