Narcissus viridiflorus

[Corrado & Rina]

Where are they being kept? In the UK they need to be grown in the greenhouse, but May should not be too cool. Your first pic indicated a flower bud two or three days before opening, so unless something has gone wrong, they should have opened. Has the pot dried out at all? Had they sprouted before you planted them? This is my pot today. We have had torrential rain this week and temperatures ranging from 21ºC down to about 13ºC. These are the same bulbs I sent you and were stored in the garage in a paper bag until I planted them in April. The garage temps get quite high in summer.

Kept "under glass". The temperature outside has been oscillating 4C to 18.5C. That particular sprout had started before planting. They are well watered. The bulbs are producing several new shoots. That particular flower bud did not open yet and the sheath started going yellow as in the picture ....

What do you think?

Corrado

[Anthony Darby]

Each bulb produces one shoot which will be either a flower stalk or a single leaf, unless the bulb has double up, in which case you'll get two. Keep an eye on the flower bud. Make sure the compost is free draining.

[Corrado & Rina]

Each bulb produces one shoot which will be either a flower stalk or a single leaf, unless the bulb has double up, in which case you'll get two. Keep an eye on the flower bud. Make sure the compost is free draining.

It is free draining but holds a bit of moisture .... organic content is <25% .... should I bring it down to even less?

Best,

Corrado

[Anthony Darby]

I wouldn't have it any less. Mine is probably 50% organic. Although we have had some serious rain, it was still 18ºC it 7.30 this evening. The trick is to keep them growing as long as possible, so plenty of light, but think "Mediterranean winter", so not too hot for the next few months to try and bring them over to northern hemisphere timing. The leaf/flower stalk keeps elongating, and will produce a bend so it lays flat. I'm sure there will be other people on the Forum with more experience of this that I have.

[johnstephen29]

Hi Anthony is has been a funny may weather wise so far, last night they were talking frost on the weather forecast, this close to mid summers day. All in all its been a colder spring than last year.

[Corrado & Rina]

Hi Anthony is has been a funny may weather wise so far, last night they were talking frost on the weather forecast, this close to mid summers day. All in all its been a colder spring than last year.

Couldn't agree more, we had oscillations of nocturnal minimum temperatures in random order between -5C and 12C .... quite damaging for several plants.

[johnstephen29]

Oscillations! That's a great word, I was looking in my greenhouse the other day and was thinking how full it was, it was nearly empty this time last year.

[Corrado & Rina]

Oscillations! That's a great word, I was looking in my greenhouse the other day and was thinking how full it was, it was nearly empty this time last year.

Sorry, slipped into work jargon  .... 

[johnstephen29]

From the bulbs sent to me by Anthony two have grown and flowered, it's a loverly little flower, tiny trumpet and a great scent.

image by John Stephen Lavin, on Flickr

[Anthony Darby]

That's brilliant. Looks like another shoot appearing from the right hand bulb. Mine are now being treated to temperatures that meant the cars were frosted over this morning.

[johnstephen29]

Is this species frost hardy Anthony?

[Anthony Darby]

No. We get the odd ground frost, but only out in the open, and nothing that actually penetrates the ground. I have snapdragons, alyssum, lobelia, geraniums (zonal pelargoniums), Epidendrum ibaguense, pansies, primulas and hibiscus as winter flowering plants here. Two nights of frost on the car windscreens hasn't produced any frosted plants.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Mine are in bud, Anthony.

[Anthony Darby]

Mine are in bud, Anthony.

Excellent news. Here's my pot today. Looks as if the frost did get to those outermost flowers. Need to take it off the patio table.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Mine are in bud, Anthony.

... and now flowering!