William R.P. (Bill) Welch
Carmel Valley, California, USA; Santa Cruz, California
William R.P. (Bill) WelchKoanga Daffodils
Partnership Max Hamilton and P.D.K Ramsay
Koanga DaffodilsWilliam R.P. (Bill) Welch, United States
Year Registered: 2008
Autumn Colors Group
Double triangle, 48mm, up to 14 fls/stem; perianth segments ovate, plane; corona bowl-shaped, smooth.
According to Bill Welch in the March 2010 issue (46 -3) of the American Daffodil Society Journal; ”Max grew them from a quantity of seed I sent him one year from Autumn Colors group x various pollens, the tetraploid paper whites being the only tetraploid pollens used at that time.”
Max Hamilton’s “Maori Number Series”. The name ‘Rua’ is the Maori word for ‘two’. Max Hamilton received seeds from Bill Welch and named them by order of blooming in Maori language.
Rua, 8 W-W, William R.P. (Bill) Welch, United States, 2006
Photo #51110 Kirby Fong, USARua, 8 W-W, William R.P. (Bill) Welch, United States, 2006
Photo #48664 Kirby Fong, USARua, 8 W-W, William R.P. (Bill) Welch, United States, 2006
Photo #48663 Kirby Fong, USARua, 8 W-W, William R.P. (Bill) Welch, United States, 2006
Photo #48662 Kirby Fong, USARua, 8 W-W, William R.P. (Bill) Welch, United States, 2006
Photo #47727 Theodore E. Snazelle, USARua, 8 W-W, William R.P. (Bill) Welch, United States, 2006
Photo #41492 Kirby Fong, USARua, 8 W-W, William R.P. (Bill) Welch, United States, 2006
Photo #36215 Ron Tyrrell, New Zealand