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Help with identification

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Folks,

I have this cultivar labelled as Lemon Brook, but Lemon Brook has a 2YYW-W classification and my bloom doesn’t match that.

Does anyone have any ideas what it might be?

Thank you,

Paul

6 comments for “Help with identification”

  1. Hi Paul,

    If you have some time, play around with DaffSeek.  You can search for flowers coded 2 Y-Y, which seems to fit your flower.  Or does it measure Div. 1?  You can narrow the search by clicking on “show flowers only with photos.”  And if you know where you got your flower, you can narrow the search down to specific countries, and if you think it’s historic, then only look for things before 1940.  Then look at the photos to see if you find a match.  If nothing else, you’ll have fun playing with DaffSeek.  http://www.daffseek.org  

    Mary Lou

  2. Hi Paul,

    How long has this daffodil been in bloom?  Most reverse bi-colors open yellow and take a while to mature to their color code.

    Nancy

  3. Paul,

    I think Nancy has it right. The flower appears to have the form of a reverse bicolour and therefore you need some warm weather and time for the flower to develop its mature colouring. What also interests me is that you have this cultivar flowering in December.

    David Adams

  4. The shape is correct …. perhaps it will turn white with age. You are fortune ate to have it.

  5. Ceci,

    I think you are correct.  Lemon Brook never really turns white for me to become a reverse.

    I enter Reverse or Maroon Ribbon Awards as much as I can, but seldom use Lemon Brook as it never reverses to me enough to satisfy me or picky judges like me.

  6. Hi Mary Lou, Nancy, David, Clay and Ceci,
    thanks for taking the time to help with my query. One thing I must clear up first is that the photo was taken during Spring 2012, and with the mounting anticipation of the coming season I started to look back over last seasons photos. It was only then that I noticed my photo of Lemon Brook and the apparent disparity with its clasification. I believe the photo I took was of a young bloom, and being a novice I didn’t realise that Lemon Brook and other similar cultivars only reach their full classification colouration at or very close to maturity.
    Thank you for helping to solve my query.
    Regards,
    Paul

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