Dateline
Classification:
3 Y-O[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Registered:
Yes, 1986
Registrant:

Rathowen Daffodils

Rathowen Daffodils
, Northern Ireland, UK
Seed Parent: 
Montego 3 Y-YYO 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1968
Merlin x open pollinated
Montego
Pollen Parent: 
Achduart 3 Y-O 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1972
2-17-54 (Spry x de Navarro seedling) x Vulcan
Achduart
Seedling Number:
525
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
9 times as seed, 2 times as pollen
Comments

Fl. 98 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, bright greenish yellow, with very slight white mucro, spreading, slightly concave, with margins sometimes incurling at apex, overlapping half; the inner segments not much narrower, a little inflexed, with margins slightly wavy; corona bowl-shaped, ribbed, yellow-orange at base, shading to deep orange at mouth, with mouth expanded and lightly frilled. Resembles a more consistent and vigorous ‘Achduart’.