Dr. William (Bill) Bender
b 1914 d 1997
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. William (Bill) BenderRichard Ezell
Richard EzellGrant E. Mitsch, United States
Year of first flowering: 1956
Green Island x Chinese White
Old Satin
Dr. William (Bill) Bender, United States
Year Registered: 1985
Binkie x Aircastle
Coldbrook
Fl. forming a double triangle, 112 mm wide, brilliant yellow; perianth segments broadly ovate, acute, opening white, becoming yellow, with white at base upon aging, spreading or slightly reflexed, a little convex, smooth, overlapping; corona bowl-shaped, smooth, with white at mid-zone upon aging, mouth straight and a little frilled, with rim slightly crenate. Opens 3W-Y, matures to Y-Y, finally becomes YYW-YWY.