Quetzal
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Classification:
9 W-GYR[ Poeticus ]
Season:
Very Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1952
Hybridizer:

Grant E. Mitsch

b 1907, d 1989.
Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Grant E. Mitsch

Photo approx.1973

Grant E. Mitsch
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1965
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Seed Parent: 
Cantabile 9 W-GYR 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1932
Dactyl x Raeburn
Cantabile
Pollen Parent: 
Cushendall 3 W-GWW 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1931
Emerald Eye x Dactyl
Cushendall
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
19 times as seed,1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 83 mm wide.

Origin of Name

Part of Grant Mitsch’s “Bird Series”. Named after a relative of Trogon, the Quetzal, found in the mountains of Panama, Costa Rica, and Guatemala.

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QuetzalQuetzal, 9 W-GYR, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1965
Photo #5150 Grant E. Mitsch, USAQuetzalQuetzal, 9 W-GYR, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1965
Photo #4255 Tony James, England