Surfbird
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Classification:
3 Y-Y[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Year of first flowering:
1968
Hybridizer:

Grant E. Mitsch

b 1907, d 1989.
Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Grant E. Mitsch

Photo approx.1973

Grant E. Mitsch
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1980
Seed Parent: 
Aircastle 3 W-Y 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1958
Green Island x Chinese White
Aircastle
Pollen Parent: 
Homage 2 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1955
(Nelly x Chinese White) x (Tryst x Foggy Dew)
Homage
Seedling Number:
D21/8
Pedigree Chart:
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Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 102 mm wide; perianth segments opening white, becoming buff beige; corona opening pale lemon, becoming somewhat paler. Resembles ‘Limpkin’ but with yellower perianth and longer corona.

Origin of Name

Part of Grant Mitsch’s Bird Series.

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SurfbirdSurfbird, 3 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1980
Photo #49886 Lawrence Trevanion, AustraliaSurfbirdSurfbird, 3 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1980
Photo #12335 Lawrence Trevanion, AustraliaSurfbirdSurfbird, 3 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1980
Photo #12334 Lawrence Trevanion, Australia