Spring flowering Narcissus 2012 - 2013

[Anthony Darby]

I suspect then you can call it what you like, and you'll definitely know what it is. Certainly worth space on any show bench.

[annew]

I agree, very distinctive and pretty scalloping.

[Gerry Webster]

I've only quite recently noticed scalloping on N. bulbocodium & I wonder how common it is; I see no mention of it in Blanchard. Slight scalloping is visible on Gerd's plant from Landes (Reply 300 above). Looking back at my own  pics of MS451 I now see signs of it in 2010 (posted here) but not nearly as pronounced as  last year & this. 

[Maggi Young]

Of course,  Narcissus romieuxii 'Joy Bishop' has delightful and persistent scalloping  - but scalloping in cantabricus forms seems to be  more unusual and, we think, less consistent.  It seems that occasional flowers ill exhibit this feature, but it s not repeated reliably year on year.
Ian speculates that it may be something  climate-related. 

[ashley]

A beautiful form Gerry

Last ones here:
Narcissus bulbocodium graellsii
N. x cazorlanus     x rozeirae ?

[Rafa]

Ashley, terrific pictures in your visit to Cazorla. Sorry for the delay comenting your posts, the species you picture as N. triandrus is also the subsp. pallidulus. The rest are correctly labeled (depending on which taxonomy you follow).

I think the picture you show as N. x cazorlanus could be N. x rozeirae (N. bulbocodium subsp. bulbocodium x N. triandrus subsp. pallidulus). N. x cazorlanus rarely have this yellow pigment, almost pale, like N. x montielanus.

[ashley]

Thanks Rafa.  Would you say that this one on Daffnet is probably wrong too then, but that this one looks right?

Unfortunately my plant is virussed so I must get rid of it as soon as I can find a clean replacement.  However it does quite well in the garden.

[Rafa]

Yes, the second one from Prof. Theo Sanders is the correct plant. There are many people that considered N. x cazorlanus and N. x montielanus are the same, but to me N. hedraeanthus and N. blancoi are different species.

[Giles]

3 wild forms of Narcissus poeticus and a cultivated one.

[Gerry Webster]

Those are very beautiful Giles. Do you know the provenance of the wild forms?

[Giles]

Gerry,
I got them from Ron Scamp (Quality Daffodils) and Walkers Bulbs (Taylors).
I assume they have all been available in the trade for a long time, so original provenance probably deep into disant past.