Narcissus March 2015

[ielaba2011]

Hi guys, I want to share with you these fotos of Narcissus cyclamineus in its native land, Paredes de Coura, Northern Portugal.

[Matt T]

Does anyone grow or know a source for Narcissus longispathus?

Mark, Kurt Vickery listed seed of this last year so it will be worth checking his lists this summer.

[Matt T]

Hi guys, I want to share with you these fotos of Narcissus cyclamineus in its native land, Paredes de Coura, Northern Portugal.

Excellent photos Jaime. Lovely to see these plants in such a natural setting.

I've had bulbs of N.cyclamineus a couple of times and given them cool, moist, humus-ey growing conditions but they never seem to do well. I will have to try from seed to see if I have any better luck that way.

[Rafa]

Fantastic sigth of N. cyclamineus in the wild, Jaime.

Narcissus assoanus also could have 3 flowers, but appart the number of flowers, there are many different size in "green parts" and "yellow parts". Although there are N. jonquillas very little, more than a N. assoanus, they are bigger concerning in green parts. Ecologically Narcissus assoanus is a rocky plant of limestone substrate, while N. jonquilla is the most hygrophylle in this group, usually growing in silicium substrate, with permanent moisture or seasonal moisture.

[JPB]

Thanks for posting all those beautiful habitat pictures!!!

Here is Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. eugeniae from seed collected at Teruel, Spain (Pavelka collected). Is this really subsp. eugeniae??

[Rafa]

No, It is not valid species Hans, it is Narcissus confusus.

[JPB]

Rafa, do you mean that it is N. confusus, by mistake collected as "subsp. eugeniae"? Or that "subsp. eugeniae" is now regarded as a synonym of N. confusus?

[Rafa]

yes, N. eugeniae is in fact N. confusus.
There are other species like N. longispathus, N. ovallaris, N. hispanicus, N. calcicarpetanus, N. radinganorum, N. perez-chiscanoi... all are the same species N. confusus. The only that I consider different is the plants called bujei, (although this name is also invalidate by Flora Iberica and other botanist) but I think this is different.

[JPB]

Thank you Rafa. I'm glad to see there's some lumping going on in the section Pseudonarcissus

[YT]

Thank you for sharing the wild daffodil pictures with us, Rafa and Jaime!

[YT]

Narcissus ‘Andy Blanchard’. He enjoys sunny spring weather in Japan to the fullest

Narcissus seguriensis, JJA 706.250. Spain, Jaen, Sierra de Segura. Ex JWB01-05.

[ArnoldT]

Narcissus cordubensis in better light.

[annew]

I can smell it from here Arnold!
Wonderful to see N. cyclamineus in the wild - and 'Andy' in Japan!

[johnstephen29]

Loverly narcissus Arnold, here are two flowering in my garden at the moment. First is tête-à-tête, clumps dotted around the garden, next is a unknown, but loverly narcissus, if anyone could name it for me a would be grateful.

image by johnstephen29, on Flickr

image by johnstephen29, on Flickr

[ArnoldT]

Outdoors here we are way behind. Still drifts of dirt caked snow around.  Snowdrops are up and noses of the Narcissus shoots showing.