I received these two photos , last evening , from John Hunter , Nelson .
They were taken at the Murchison Daffodil Show , also staged yesterday , Wednesday 25 September .
John commented that in his 70 + years involvement in daffodils , he had never seen anything similar before .
The basics – a good sized yellow large cup , not quite trumpet measurements — BUT
the inside of the cup , to about half length , but only on the inside , was a very bright red – pink , clearly visible looking in .
The base of the cup and the petals had a light , but distinct , similar colour as a central midrib , – also very visible .
But from a distance , just another yellow large cup .
It did not win it’s class , certainly not on the top table , – but will stay in Johns memory a lot longer than any other flower there .
Wow! I’ve never seen anything like it either. How about 2Y/R-RYY? Who entered it and was there any information about its parentage/genealogy? Thanks for sharing the photos!
How about 2Y/R-RGY. Some green in there or is it just the photo?
Just a thought…..
Does it qualify as a reverse bi-color ?
Linda
John Hunter was keen to meet the exhibitor but she had left the venue after staging her blooms .He was keen to see the plant to check if it was in general good health and the colour break was not caused by spray or other events . Also to know if it had flowered like this before .No results but he is still keen for more information . Certainly quite a different colour break .
I tried to add a comment that included photos and pedigrees of flowers faintly similar to this one but the post was sent for moderation. I assume I did something wrong.