Doctor Bill
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Classification:
1 W-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Peter D.K. Ramsay

b 1939. d. 2019;
New Plymouth, New Zealand; Wellington; Hamilton.
Co-founder of Koanga Daffodils with Max Hamilton

Peter D.K. RamsayPeter D.K. Ramsay
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2011
Seed Parent: 
POPS Legacy 1 W-Y 
Dr. William (Bill) Bender, United States
Year of first flowering: 1975
Phillips seedling x open pollinated
POPS Legacy
Pollen Parent: 
Hamilton Sdlg
Seedling Number:
04:26
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 110mm wide; perianth segments 48mm long, roundish, mucronate, spreading, with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping one-third; the inner segments narrower; corona 49mm long, funnel-shaped, smooth, mouth expanded, ribbed and even, with rim flanged and entire.

Origin of Name

Named for Doctor Bill Bender, of the USA, who selected the seed parent ‘Pops Legacy’.

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Doctor BillDoctor Bill, 1 W-Y, Peter D.K. Ramsay, New Zealand, 2011
Photo #48869 Ron Tyrrell, New Zealand