Omeomy
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Classification:
3 Y-R[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Colin Crotty

Geraldine, New Zealand

Colin Crotty

Colin (left) and son-in-law Gordon Coombe

Colin Crotty
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2000
Seed Parent: 
Trudie May 3 Y-OOR 
G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1978
Dimity x Orator
Trudie May
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:
35-92
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Omeomy
Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
9 times as pollen
Descendants:
Descendants TreeClick this icon to display the Descendants of Omeomy
Comments

Pronounced O-me-O-my; Fl. forming a double triangle, 102 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, yellow, with a reddish tinge, spreading, with margins incurved, smooth with heavy substance; inner segments narrower; cup is bowl-shaped, ribbed, orange-red, with mouth straight and even, rim crenate. Resembles a larger-flowered ‘Achduart’ with a reddish tinge to the perianth segments. Siblings ‘Country Boy’ and ‘Garfield’.

Origin of Name

Originally planned to name this daffodil ‘Winsome’ after a keen daffodil exhibitor, Winsome Saunders. Since ‘Winsome’ was already taken, Ms. Saunders suggested ‘Omeomy’, meaning an exclamation of great delight.

Synonyms:

'Ome Omy'

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OmeomyOmeomy, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #49242 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandOmeomyOmeomy, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #48587 Kirby Fong, USAOmeomyOmeomy, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #42785 Ron Tyrrell, New ZealandOmeomyOmeomy, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #41328 John F. McLennan, New ZealandOmeomyOmeomy, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #12160 Brian S. Duncan, Northern IrelandOmeomyOmeomy, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #12159 Brian S. Duncan, Northern IrelandOmeomyOmeomy, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #12158 Brian S. Duncan, Northern IrelandOmeomyOmeomy, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #11778 Ben Blake, USAOmeomyOmeomy, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #11777 Ben Blake, USAOmeomyOmeomy, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #11090 Kirby Fong, USAOmeomyOmeomy, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #11088 Kirby Fong, USAOmeomyOmeomy, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #11087 Kirby Fong, USAOmeomyOmeomy, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #9791 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandOmeomyOmeomy, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2000
Photo #7396 Denise E. McQuarrie, New Zealand