Spring Narcissus 2014

[Rafa]

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    Narcissus bulbocodium var. biflorus.

[Rafa]

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    Narcissus bulbocodium var. biflorus 2.
    Narcissus bulbocodoium subsp. quintanilhae

[Gerdk]

Wow! What an interesting site and situation!  The jonquillas in water and the bulbocodiums in neighbourhood.

How does this place look during summer?

Gerd

p.s.
it seems your 'biflorus' bulbocodium is a hybrid

[Rafa]

Gerd here is a picture of  Narcissus x abilioi, but in this cross is N. fernandesii (mother) x N. bulbocodium L.
http://www.herbario.ian-ani.org/index.php?c=pliegos&a=ficha&i=2384
http://www.biodiversidadvirtual.org/herbarium/Narcissus-x-abilioi-Fern.Casas.-img7623.html

[Gerdk]

Thank you Rafa,
The other hybrid is quite different from those you pictured!

Gerd

[Rafa]

Is not easy to think that this Narcissus bulbocodium L. var. biflorus F. M. Vázquez is not a hybrid, because I just found 5 plants in 2 km square. It grew between N. jonquilla clumps only. All parts of the plants except the flower were like N. jonquilla, with the perianth tube completely green....black tunics, while subsp. quintanilhae has redish-brown tunics....

You can see a particular variety of a plant, if you are in a big locality of this plant  that contains a great genetic variability. For example N. cantabricus and the var. petunioides and even var. biflorus as well, (if you want to call it like this). Also this happens in N. rupicola, N. confusus....

But this variety of N. bulbocodium L. with only 5! plants in a place where there are only subp. quintanilhae? Apart the morphological diferences, subsp. quintanilhae has a strong scent like "white rice" and var. biflorus hasn't scent. This is quite important in my oppinion.

I would say this is not a variety, this is a good species, that it's almost extinct. In the other 3 localities they aslo mentioned 1 plant or so. The only thing that I would like to know is if there are N. jonquilla and subsp. quintanilhae in the other localities or is it possible to find it growing alone.

[Gerdk]

http://www.herbario.ian-ani.org/index.php?c=pliegos&a=ficha&i=2384
http://www.biodiversidadvirtual.org/herbarium/Narcissus-x-abilioi-Fern.Casas.-img7623.html

Hi Rafa,
Forgot to add - these are wonderful useful links to Spanish plants!

Gerd

[Roma]

First daffs in my garden
Narcissus 'Telamonius Plenus'
No name for this one
Narcissus bulbocodium

[Roma]

Not sure about this one.  From 2010-2011 SRGC seedex, wild collected by Rafa, labelled Narcissus triandrus pallidulus which it clearly is not.  The flower is a bit deformed with only 5 petals.

[YT]

Not sure about this one.  From 2010-2011 SRGC seedex, wild collected by Rafa, labelled Narcissus triandrus pallidulus which it clearly is not.

Parhaps a wild hybrid, Roma? Does it have some scent?

[YT]

Narcissus papyraceus, JJA 702.720 I didn't expected flowers in this pot. I fed them a little after flowering and didn't repot them last season.

[FrazerHenderson]

Garden varieties...

Englender
Little Gem
Rapture

[Robert]

Here in Interior Northern California the Narcissus blooming season is coming to an end. This little N. rupicola is blooming for the first time from seed in 3 years - to blooming size in record time for us. 

[lettuce begin]

Until today I did not realize Narcissus could be so small
Picture of Narcissus calcicola 'idol' taken today at Wisley Alpine House 

[Tony Willis]

three more in flower at the moment

Narcissus triandus from near Toledo
Narcissus rupicloa ssp watieri
Narcissus alpestris from Cerler