Autumn flowering Narcissus - in the South Hemisphere 2013

[Kees Green]

Hi Fermi
Are there any other good places to get hoops and miniatures around Melbourne or Aussie in general.
Any help is appreciated.
Ta
Kees

[Anthony Darby]

My Narcissus viridiflorus are just beginning to open. Last year I had one flowering bulb. This year it looks as if all seven of my bulbs will flower. Interestingly, last year I used pollen to dust flowers of Narcissus papyraceus, but there is no sign of leaves of this one yet!

[Rogan]

I recently had a 'pot' of N. serotinus flowering for the first time (yes, I know I'm not the best Narc. cultivator, ever...), now I see ovaries starting to swell - is this species self-fertile, or am I just imagining things?   

[Maggi Young]

I am not sure if N. serotinus is self -fertile or not, Rogan - but I do know that narcissus can be very "good" at swelling ovaries that then prove to be quite empty.....

[Anthony Darby]

In April 2012 Bill Dijk kindly gave me two Narcissus viridiflorus bulbs. The larger one produced a single flower in June that year. This year those bulbs have multiplied and will produce 9 flowering stems. You can see the pot at the front of the pic showing some of my pots of seedlings. I'll take a better pic when they are all out. I have twiddled with their bits to try and produce some seeds.

[Anthony Darby]

Here is my pot of Narcissus viridiflorus today. Nine flowering stems. A tenth is just poking through the gravel. Time will tell if this is the token leaf! Not bad from the two bulbs planted a year ago.

[ArnoldT]

Very nice Anthony.

How's the scent?

[Anthony Darby]

They're outside so I can't smell a thing unless I stick my nose into them. Then it's sickly sweet.

[ArnoldT]

I feel it smells like warm vinyl.  Not all that pleasant to my nose.

[Anthony Darby]

I'm afraid I sold all my vinyls so I can't warm them to compare.

[fermi de Sousa]

I've posted pics of 'First Stanza' here:http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9881.75
at reply #89.
cheers
fermi

[Rogan]

Maggi and all,

"I am not sure if N. serotinus is self -fertile or not, Rogan - but I do know that narcissus can be very "good" at swelling ovaries that then prove to be quite empty....."

My single flower promptly set several big, fat, shiny black seeds - these I have planted and hopefully they will prove to be fertile; a pot full, rather than a single bloom would be a great boon 

[Rogan]

Yes! they are germinating, and probably 100% 

[Anthony Darby]

Narcissus serotinus does germinate quickly. I have a potful of N. obsoletus seedlings.