Masai King
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Classification:
2 Y-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J. Lionel Richardson

b 1890 d 1961

crd 1911. Waterford, Co. Waterford, Republic of Ireland

J. Lionel Richardson
, Ireland
Registered:
Yes, before 1953
Awards:

AM(e) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1960.AM(e) 1960; 
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Seed Parent: 
Bahram 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1935
Penquite x Porthilly
Bahram
Pollen Parent: 
Alamein 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1944
Trevisky x Marksman
Alamein
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed, 2 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 102 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, slightly mucronate, vivid yellow, spreading, a little concave, with margins slightly incurling, smooth, overlapping half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, rounded at shoulder; corona short funnel-shaped, lightly ribbed, strong orange, with mouth straight and a little frilled.

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Masai KingMasai King, 2 Y-O, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1953
Photo #31086 RHS Yearbook, England