Thumbs Up
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Classification:
2 Y-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Max Hamilton

b 1928, d. 2010. Utiku, New Zealand; Hamilton.
Founded Koanga Daffodils in partnership with P.D.K. Ramsay

Max Hamilton

Photo from Sep 2007

Max Hamilton
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2006
Registrant:

Koanga Daffodils

Partnership Max Hamilton and P.D.K Ramsay

Koanga Daffodils
, North Island, New Zealand
Seed Parent: 
Egmont King 2 Y-YOR 
G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1991
Orator x Loch Hope
Egmont King
Pollen Parent: 
2 Y-R seedling
Seedling Number:
44-00
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Thumbs Up
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 117 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, vivid yellow, plane, smooth and of heavy substance; corona funnel-shaped, orange, mouth straight, even, with rim dentate. Sunproof.

Origin of Name

This daffodil was a big winner at New Zealand daffodil shows and one bulb of this daffodil brought $450 at auction in St Louis, Missouri thereby this daffodil was deservedly named ‘Thumbs Up’.

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THUMBS UPThumbs Up, 2 Y-O, Max Hamilton, New Zealand, 2006
Photo #62442 Michael Baxter, EnglandTHUMBS UPThumbs Up, 2 Y-O, Max Hamilton, New Zealand, 2006
Photo #56925 Michael Baxter, EnglandThumbs UpThumbs Up, 2 Y-O, Max Hamilton, New Zealand, 2006
Photo #53098 Ben Blake, USAThumbs UpThumbs Up, 2 Y-O, Max Hamilton, New Zealand, 2006
Photo #51333 Kirby Fong, USAThumbs UpThumbs Up, 2 Y-O, Max Hamilton, New Zealand, 2006
Photo #50472 Michael Baxter, EnglandThumbs UpThumbs Up, 2 Y-O, Max Hamilton, New Zealand, 2006
Photo #49957 Don Caton, USAThumbs UpThumbs Up, 2 Y-O, Max Hamilton, New Zealand, 2006
Photo #47619 John Russell, New ZealandThumbs UpThumbs Up, 2 Y-O, Max Hamilton, New Zealand, 2006
Photo #46582 Ron Tyrrell, New ZealandThumbs upThumbs Up, 2 Y-O, Max Hamilton, New Zealand, 2006
Photo #12166 Brian S. Duncan, Northern IrelandThumbs upThumbs Up, 2 Y-O, Max Hamilton, New Zealand, 2006
Photo #11980 Ben Blake, USAThumbs upThumbs Up, 2 Y-O, Max Hamilton, New Zealand, 2006
Photo #11979 Ben Blake, USAThumbs upThumbs Up, 2 Y-O, Max Hamilton, New Zealand, 2006
Photo #11978 Ben Blake, USAThumbs upThumbs Up, 2 Y-O, Max Hamilton, New Zealand, 2006
Photo #11260 Kirby Fong, USAThumbs upThumbs Up, 2 Y-O, Max Hamilton, New Zealand, 2006
Photo #11259 Kirby Fong, USAThumbs upThumbs Up, 2 Y-O, Max Hamilton, New Zealand, 2006
Photo #7553 Peter D.K. Ramsay, New ZealandThumbs upThumbs Up, 2 Y-O, Max Hamilton, New Zealand, 2006
Photo #6955 Tony James, England