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Autumn flowering Narcissus - in the South Hemisphere 2013
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Kees Green
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Hi Fermi
Are there any other good places to get hoops and miniatures around Melbourne or Aussie in general.
Any help is appreciated.
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Anthony Darby
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April 22, 2013, 10:24:48 PM »
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!
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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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?
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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.....
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Anthony Darby
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April 25, 2013, 12:29:24 PM »
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.
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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April 29, 2013, 02:04:59 AM »
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.
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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April 29, 2013, 04:10:20 AM »
Very nice Anthony.
How's the scent?
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Arnold Trachtenberg
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April 29, 2013, 06:14:17 AM »
They're outside so I can't smell a thing unless I stick my nose into them. Then it's sickly sweet.
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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April 29, 2013, 11:15:13 AM »
I feel it smells like warm vinyl. Not all that pleasant to my nose.
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April 29, 2013, 11:19:24 AM »
I'm afraid I sold all my vinyls so I can't warm them to compare.
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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fermi de Sousa
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June 07, 2013, 03:57:44 AM »
I've posted pics of 'First Stanza' here:
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9881.75
at reply #89.
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Mr Fermi de Sousa, Redesdale,
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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
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Rogan Roth, near Swellendam, Western Cape, SA
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July 17, 2013, 08:20:51 AM »
Yes! they are germinating, and probably 100%
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Rogan Roth, near Swellendam, Western Cape, SA
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Anthony Darby
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July 17, 2013, 10:03:39 AM »
Narcissus serotinus
does germinate quickly. I have a potful of
N. obsoletus
seedlings.
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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