William R.P. (Bill) Welch
Carmel Valley, California, USA; Santa Cruz, California
William R.P. (Bill) WelchFls 3-6 per stem, rounded, 48mm wide, facing up; perianth segments 18mm long, roundish, medium yellow, spreading, plane, wavy, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half or more; the inner segments narrower; corona 8mm long, bowl-shaped, ribbed, intense orange-red, mouth expanded, wavy to frilled, with rim dentate to crenate. Sunproof. Sweetly scented.
Part of Bill Welch’s “Friends Series.” Named for a friend of the hybridizer.
Rachel Esther, 8 Y-R, William R.P. (Bill) Welch, United States, 2011
Photo #39715 Kirby Fong, USARachel Esther, 8 Y-R, William R.P. (Bill) Welch, United States, 2011
Photo #39714 Kirby Fong, USARachel Esther, 8 Y-R, William R.P. (Bill) Welch, United States, 2011
Photo #38537 Bradley McCarson, USARachel Esther, 8 Y-R, William R.P. (Bill) Welch, United States, 2011
Photo #38517 Bradley McCarson, USARachel Esther, 8 Y-R, William R.P. (Bill) Welch, United States, 2011
Photo #38516 Bradley McCarson, USARachel Esther, 8 Y-R, William R.P. (Bill) Welch, United States, 2011
Photo #38514 Bradley McCarson, USA