Fl. 84 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, fairly prominently mucronate, creamy white, with green and yellow at midrib beneath, inflexed, overlapping one-third; the inner segments somewhat twisted or with margins wavy; corona cylindrical, lightly ribbed, vivid yellow, mouth expanded, sometimes with six deeply overlapping lobes, frilled, with rim crenate.
A description according to the June 1987 issue of The Gardners’ Chronical: ” ‘Victoria’ Daffodil was exhibited at the spring shows by Messrs. Barr and Sons, and when we say that it surpasses ‘Empress’ and ‘Horsefieldi’, little further is needed in the way of eulogy.”
Was named after the Victorian era in which it was introduced.
'Dutch Victoria'
Victoria, 1 W-Y, M. Vos, the Netherlands, 1897
Photo #43565 Albert F. Calvert, EnglandVictoria, 1 W-Y, M. Vos, the Netherlands, 1897
Photo #41633 Kirby Fong, USAVictoria, 1 W-Y, M. Vos, the Netherlands, 1897
Photo #32627 Unknown Historic SourceVictoria, 1 W-Y, M. Vos, the Netherlands, 1897
Photo #25536 Barr Catalog, EnglandVictoria, 1 W-Y, M. Vos, the Netherlands, 1897
Photo #16677 Becky Fox Matthews, USAVictoria, 1 W-Y, M. Vos, the Netherlands, 1897
Photo #16676 Becky Fox Matthews, USAVictoria, 1 W-Y, M. Vos, the Netherlands, 1897
Photo #15844 Carlos van der Veek, the NetherlandsVictoria, 1 W-Y, M. Vos, the Netherlands, 1897
Photo #15843 Carlos van der Veek, the NetherlandsVictoria, 1 W-Y, M. Vos, the Netherlands, 1897
Photo #14901 Kirby Fong, USAVictoria, 1 W-Y, M. Vos, the Netherlands, 1897
Photo #7851 Ian Tyler, England