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Murphys show – Miniature Red-White-Blue Ribbon winner

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The Miniature Red-White-Blue Ribbon is for the best collection of 5 miniature American-bred
daffodils in the show. The flowers in the winner are:

Apollo Gold 10Y-Y (Blom)
Classic Gold 10Y-Y (Blom)
Oxford Gold 10Y-Y (Blom)
China Gold 1-Y-Y (Blom)
Oregon Petticoat Group 10Y-Y (Blom)

The exhibitor was Jon Kawaguchi.

Kirby Fong

4 comments for “Murphys show – Miniature Red-White-Blue Ribbon winner”

  1. Jon–or anyone on Daffnet who knows these flowers (we can’t grow bulbos in STL)–

    Could someone please explain how these cultivars are morphologically
    distinct as plants, be it in pots or in the ground?

    I can see some distinctions in the individual flowers and can anticipate
    that there may be discernible deviation among them when growing
    side-by-side… but could that be explained to a visitor in a show who
    may not know bulbocodiums, let alone how any of these five flowers are
    distinct from each other?

    I’ve visited Larry Force’s garden where many a fine specimen clump of
    bulbos grow, and most of them, especially the species, had clear
    distinctions in their foliage, height, habit, etc. But flowers alone?
    Not necessarily. This image seems to speak for itself that perhaps with
    some daffodils, like bulbos, the whole plant and not just the flowers
    should be taken into consideration for merit until we have a broad color
    spectrum represented.

    That aside, it’s a great entry and congratulations, Jon. I’m truly
    envious of those who can grow these funky little daffs. Kirby, Tom, and
    Steve, please keep these images coming!

    Jason

  2. C’mon Jason, a little sarcasm here I suspect. Many would agree with you. I used to think the same but have now come to realise that a good Div 10 is very, very good. At the same time I’m still struggling to justify what I am about to say.
     
    As to Jon’s collection.
     
    The two outside flowers are similar but I suspect one has a longer stigma.. As to the rest look for – length of tube, – diameter of corona, – placement and alignment of petals – shape of   corona ( bowl shaped or longer and slowly expanding) – mouth of cup (smooth or crenated etc).
     
    Ask the general public to describe the difference between Three Oaks and Windy City and they would have the same difficulty as those unfamiliar with Div 10s have.
     
    Dave

  3. Ha! :-) I would have to agree… (Which is why we should grow more
    of the frilly and crazy-looking garden flowers that truly stand out!)

    (But I digress.)

    Thank you, Dave. I do appreciate the response.

    Jason

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  4. Jason,

    I got some N. fernandessi Larry Force strain and crossed them to a very
    fertile yellow (Unknow) bulbocodium that grows like a weed in my garden and
    this year for the first time I have a large group of first bloom
    bulbocodiums from those seeds that look just like these.

    They are smaller cups, but very well defined and very neat in appearance
    and about the same color yellow as the ones in your picture. I’d almost say
    mine are clones.

    Clay

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