Dr. William (Bill) Bender
b 1914 d 1997
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. William (Bill) BenderDavid Burdick
David BurdickJ. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands
Year of first flowering: 1957
Valdrome x seedling~
Grapillon
Dr. William (Bill) Bender, United States
Year of first flowering: 1975
Phillips seedling x open pollinated
POPS Legacy
Fl. 94mm wide, facing upwards, mid-yellow; perianth segments 38mm long, broadly ovate, blunt, with slight pale mucro, a little reflexed, plane or with margins a little incurved, with midrib showing, of heavy substance, overlapping one-third; the inner segments narrower, shouldered at base; corona 36mm long, split to base into six segments, each opposite a perianth segment, deeply bi-lobed, wavy and a little inflexed.
Clown's Ruff, 11a Y-Y, Dr. William (Bill) Bender, United States, 2015
Photo #38600 Janet Hickman, USAClown's Ruff, 11a Y-Y, Dr. William (Bill) Bender, United States, 2015
Photo #38599 Janet Hickman, USA