Intro: before 1998. Division 10. An ivory hoop skirt daffodil. The shape of the small flowers resembles a hoop skirt. Named after Hercule Poirot. H. Poirot is a fictional Belgian detective and starred in a book series by Agatha Christie. The early blooming miniature originates from Australia and arose from N. bulbocodium subsp. bulbocodium var. conspicuus x N. cantabricus subsp. cantabricus var. foliosus .