Narcissus January 2008

[Rafa]

Thank you Maggi,

By the way I would like to upload some Narcissus pictures to the Photo Library http://www.srgc.org.uk/database/index.php, would you please allow me?
Is it necessary to have a password?

[Maggi Young]

By the way I would like to upload some Narcissus pictures to the Photo Library http://www.srgc.org.uk/database/index.php, would you please allow me?
Is it necessary to have a password?

Rafa, it is necessary to send your photos and any text to Fred... he will upload them. I will send you his email address.
 We would be DELIGHTED to have your pix for the database !! Thank you!!

[annew]

Wonderful photos, Rafa. Please keep them coming. Yellow fever is beginning.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thank you Rafa ! It's great to see them in the wild !

Anne,
Yellow fever might even proove to be more lethal than the white fever we all know...

[Diane Whitehead]

As usual, I received a lot of Narcissus seeds from the exchange.

I am curious about this one:

2555   N. romieuxii albidus x cantabricus

Is this seed from a primary cross, or seed from the results of that cross?

[Maggi Young]

Diane, unless whoever donated the seed reads this and replies, I think we may not find out. I will try asking Stuart Pawley if he has a record of the Donor. My inclination would be that someone making the primary cross would be sowing all the seed to see  wha t  the results are.. therefore my money would be on a bet that it is seed from a plant resulting from that cross. Hope we can find out for sure!
 

[Rafa]

Narcissus romieuxii ssp. romieuxii

[hadacekf]

Rafa,
Your narcissi and photos are great.

[dominique]

Thank you Rafa for this bonus for our eyes. Here are mine but not in the nature.

[Gerdk]

Narcissus asturiensis (outside) and N. hedraeanthus ssp. luteolentus from the Sierra de Alcaraz (cultivated inside), the last one similar to the Moroccan N. romieuxii.

Gerd

[Maggi Young]

As usual, I received a lot of Narcissus seeds from the exchange.

I am curious about this one:

2555   N. romieuxii albidus x cantabricus

Is this seed from a primary cross, or seed from the results of that cross?

Diane, referring back to this question, I have heard form Stuart Pawley who tells me that he is pretty certain that it is seed from plants of the cross, rather than the primary cross.

[Lvandelft]

Here some Narcissus romieuxii in my garden.

[annew]

Is N. hedraeanthus ssp. luteolentus  always that tall, Gerd?

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Very nice show Luit - and they look very good indeed - no sign of weather damage at all !
You have a number of potfulls there 

[Gerdk]

Is N. hedraeanthus ssp. luteolentus  always that tall, Gerd?

Anne,
No it isn't. This year all my bulbs inside are awfully elongating. In the wild the subspecies is only slightly taller than typical hedraeanthus, but the flowers are superior - much wider and the colour in some populations  deeper yellow.

Here some Narcissus romieuxii in my garden.

Luit,
So much flowers, fantastic. Do you give some shelter?

Gerd