Spring flowering Narcissus 2012 - 2013

[Hans A.]

Oh! My word, Rafa, these little gems are true treasures- so exciting to see them, thank you! 

Cannot agree more, thanks so much for showing this beauties!!

[Gerdk]

and another fertile hybrid, tendency to N. bulbocodium

Rafa, Fascinating natural crosses. Do you believe they will have the capability to outnumber their
parents at the site you photographed them?

Gerd

[ashley]

Just wonderful to see Rafa
I especially like the pleated and scalloped coronas of the cantabricus, beautifully shown in your picture.

[Gerry Webster]

Wonderful Rafa. The cantabricus & x susannae are especially beautiful.

[Rafa]

Gerd, I think this could be possible if there were crosses in both direcctions and after manny many time. In this village from Madrid, N. cantabricus is in bloom since one month and N. triandrus pallidulus just starting to open the flowers, so porbably all N. cantabricus have the ovary closed to receive pollen from N. triandrus. But in the other hand, the first N. triandrus in open the flowers will only receive receive N. cantabricus pollen, and the cross is inevitable.

Yesterday I count 18 single plants of N. x sussanae, 3 with two flowers per scape and 3 clumps with several flowers, one of them with 38 flowers! and 20cm aprox high. It was sunset, and I couldn't picture it...  All these plants, and It's just the beginning so maybe in one or two week I will return to see more plants.

[David Nicholson]

A few today:-

Narcissus segurensis, this one from Brian Duncan's List. A pretty little thing in my view.

Narcissus cyclamineus x 'Camborne' again from Brian, flower still a bit immature

[David Nicholson]

Narcissus assoanus again from Brian. This is the first assoanus I've managed to get to flower.

[Gerry Webster]

Narcissus assoanus again from Brian. This is the first assoanus I've managed to get to flower.

David - congratulations! I get flowers about every 3 years & it looks as though this is not going to be one of them.

[annew]

Narcissus segurensis looks interesting - it's a new one on me. I'll be interested to see it fully out. I have buds on assoanus too!

[Maggi Young]

Narcissus segurensis looks interesting - it's a new one on me. I'll be interested to see it fully out. I have buds on assoanus too!

Described not long ago......  Narcissus segurensis S.Ríos, D.Rivera, Alcaraz & Obón (1999)
Place of publication: Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 131:155. 1999
Name verified on: 17-Dec-2002 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

http://ebd06.ebd.csic.es/pdfs/medrano.&.herrera.2008.ann.bot.pdf

[David Nicholson]

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http://ebd06.ebd.csic.es/pdfs/medrano.&.herrera.2008.ann.bot.pdf

Good Lord, I tried to read that but only understood about one word in ten. Think N. segurensis was actually mentioned once

Brian says on his List it is very scarce and gives it as being from Hornos-Los Arroyas. I'll do another picture Anne but shall be away tomorrow until late Sunday. It may have opened fully by then.

Gerry, given there are ten bulbs of mixed sizes in the pot I suppose one assoanus flower is not a bad product.

[Maggi Young]

Good Lord, I tried to read that but only understood about one word in ten. Think N. segurensis was actually mentioned once

Well done! I had difficulty finding the mention!  Good exercise though!

[Roma]

My short fat Narcissus bulbocodium graellsii is flowering now. 

[Maggi Young]

My short fat Narcissus bulbocodium graellsii is flowering now. 

What a smart little plant that is, Roma. I'm impressed that it manages to keep short  when the light has been so lacking of late.

[Roma]

I'm surprised too, Maggi.  Up to now I've had very few flowers on winter/spring narcissi so it's a treat to see this one doing so well.  Did I give Ian one?  I know I promised him one once it started to split.  It stayed at 3 bulbs for years.