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

Max Hamilton

b 1928, d. 2010. Utiku, New Zealand; Hamilton.
Founded Koanga Daffodils in partnership with P.D.K. Ramsay

Max Hamilton

Photo from Sep 2007

Max Hamilton
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1995
Registrant:

Koanga Daffodils

Partnership Max Hamilton and P.D.K Ramsay

Koanga Daffodils
, North Island, New Zealand
Seed Parent: 
Makapu 2 W-W 
Max Hamilton, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1972
Glendermott x Empress of Ireland
Makapu
Pollen Parent: 
O'More 12/72 (
Petsamo 1 W-W 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1944
Niphetos x Kanchenjunga
Petsamo
x
Glenshesk 1 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1950
Courage x Kanchenjunga
Glenshesk
)
Seedling Number:
20-86
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for America's Cup
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 115 mm wide; perianth segments very broad; corona broad funnel-shaped, of a purer white than the perianth, rim slightly lobed.

Origin of Name

Named when New  Zealand lifted the ‘auld mug’ in San Diego, California USA. Of course it had to be white and spreading like the yacht’s sails. 

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America's CupAmerica's Cup, 2 W-W, Max Hamilton, New Zealand, 1995
Photo #54588 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandAmerica's CupAmerica's Cup, 2 W-W, Max Hamilton, New Zealand, 1995
Photo #54587 Noeline McLaren, New Zealand