Clavichord
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Classification:
11a Y-W[ Split-Cupped Collar ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Year of first flowering:
1989
Hybridizer:

Richard and Elise Havens

Richard Havens b 1940, d 2014

Elise Havens, daughter of Grant E. Mitsch

Richard and Elise Havens of Hubbard, Oregon, USA, continued her father's business "Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils" from 1989 though 2015.

Richard and Elise Havens
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 2000
Special Class:
ADS Intermediates

The American Daffodil Society maintains a "Suggested List of Intermediate-Sized Daffodils".

The ADS defines an intermediate daffodil as a standard daffodil in Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, or 11 having a single floret whose diameter is typically greater than 50mm and through 80mm.

Intermediate daffodils may be entered in ADS show exibition classes for standard daffodils as well as classes reserved for intermediate daffodils.

Seed Parent: 
Hillstar 7 YYW-YWW 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1979
Daydream x N. jonquilla
Hillstar
Pollen Parent: 
Pink Holly 11a W-P 
Richard and Elise Havens, United States
Year Registered: 1991
Space Ship x [Accent x (Wild Rose x Hillbilly)]
Pink Holly
Seedling Number:
Y100/4
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 75 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, blunt, mid-yellow, spreading, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping; the inner segments narrower; corona deeply split, the six segments opposite and closely overlying the perianth segments, ribbed, opening yellow, becoming white, wavy, with rim crenate. Resembles ‘Harpsichord’ but with a whiter corona.

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ClavichordClavichord, 11a Y-W, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 2000
Photo #43761 Ben Blake, USAClavichordClavichord, 11a Y-W, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 2000
Photo #43760 Ben Blake, USAClavichordClavichord, 11a Y-W, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 2000
Photo #13000 Ethel Smith, USA