Cloud Nine
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Classification:
2 YYW-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to 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.
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, 1972
Seed Parent: 
Quick Step 7 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year of first flowering: 1955
Wild Rose x N. jonquilla ?
Quick Step
Pollen Parent: 
Daydream 2 Y-W 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1960
Binkie x K43 (King of the North x Content)
Daydream
Seedling Number:
D80/8
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 84 mm wide; perianth segments ovate or broadly ovate, clear lemon yellow, with white mucro and with a distinct band of white at base, spreading, overlapping one-third to a half; corona long funnel-shaped, smooth, opening lemon yellow, becoming pure white, with mouth straight, wavy, rim minutely notched and crenate. Resembles ‘Step Forward’ but with the perianth more prominently mucronate and a narrower corona.

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Cloud NineCloud Nine, 2 YYW-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1972
Photo #56168 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsCloud NineCloud Nine, 2 YYW-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1972
Photo #36931 Rose Bradley, USACloud nineCloud Nine, 2 YYW-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1972
Photo #22432 Heath Family Archives, USACloud nineCloud Nine, 2 YYW-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1972
Photo #12479 Mary Lou Gripshover, USACloud nineCloud Nine, 2 YYW-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1972
Photo #4619 Wells Knierim, USA