Presidential Pink
Classification:
2 W-P[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens

Grant E. Mitsch b 1907, d 1989.

Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Richard Havens b 1940, d 2014

Elise Havens ( Mrs Elise Havens )

Richard and Elise Havens of Hubbard, Oregon, USA, continued the business of Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils from 1989 though 2015.

Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1985
Seed Parent: 
[ (
Mabel Taylor 2 W-WPP 
Alister Clark, Australia
Year Registered: 1955
Mabel Taylor
x
Green Island 2 W-GWY 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Gracious x Seraglio
Green Island
) x
Caro Nome 2 W-WPP 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1954
Green Island x Glenshane
Caro Nome
]
Pollen Parent: 
Space Ship 2 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1974
[(Precedent x Carita) x (Radiation x Mabel Taylor)] x Interim
Space Ship
Seedling Number:
LL20/3
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
9 times as seed, 4 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. of heavy substance; perianth segments very broad, rounded at apex, only very slightly mucronate, spreading, concave at apex or with margins boldly incurling, overlapping half; inner segments narrower, square-shouldered at base, slightly inflexed; corona bowl or short funnel-shaped, broadly ribbed, reddish orange-pink, paler at base, mouth straight, split in places and overlapping, frilled, with rim crenate.

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Presidential PinkPresidential Pink, 2 W-P, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1985
Photo #49852 Lawrence Trevanion, AustraliaPresidential PinkPresidential Pink, 2 W-P, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1985
Photo #49851 Lawrence Trevanion, AustraliaPresidential PinkPresidential Pink, 2 W-P, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1985
Photo #44630 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaPresidential pinkPresidential Pink, 2 W-P, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1985
Photo #20834 Quality Daffodils, EnglandPresidential pinkPresidential Pink, 2 W-P, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1985
Photo #10454 Gordon Coombes, New ZealandPresidential pinkPresidential Pink, 2 W-P, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1985
Photo #6501 Mary Durtschi, USAPresidential pinkPresidential Pink, 2 W-P, Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1985
Photo #4890 Wells Knierim, USA