Narcissus March 2015

[Matt T]

...next is a unknown, but loverly narcissus, if anyone could name it for me a would be grateful.

Hi John, it's a tazetta, perhaps 'Soleil D'Or' or similar. It will have a lovely scent.

[ielaba2011]

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

Thank you YT, I will try to post more pictures of wild ones now in bloom.

[johnstephen29]

cheers matt for identifying it for me, yes it does have a great scent.

[annew]

A couple of hybrids in my favourite shade of lemon.

[annew]

These had self-sown into my plunge, obviously a pod-ful! A friend thinks they are N. assoanus, which they could be as they were close to where I had the pot of that species. Any comments?

[Matt T]

Hi Anne. You're plants look very much like what I'm growing as N.assoanus. Perhaps my favourite jonquil!

[annew]

Thanks, Matt. It stole my heart when we saw in in Spain. Funny that I never noticed it was multi-flowered. I was probably too excited!

[ielaba2011]

These were found still in bloom one week ago near my place, in a mountain just outside of Lisbon.
I Think it´s Narcissus bulbocodium obesus.

[Matt T]

'Tis the season for full-on, in your face yellow! A few plants responding to the sunshine and in flower now:

Narcissus (bulbocodium) nivalis
Narcissus asturiensis - this plant is more diminutive and in character than it was last year. It was late into growth, so maybe has had higher light levels.
Narcissus bulbocodium tenuifolius
Narcissus 'Queen of Spain, jostles for space with N. 'Canaliculatus'

[Matt T]

Thanks, Matt. It stole my heart when we saw in in Spain. Funny that I never noticed it was multi-flowered. I was probably too excited!

Where about did you spot it. Anne?

Next spring I'm planning on tracing the footsteps of John Blanchard on a journey through Spain undertaken 30 years previously. I don't think I'm likely to come across N.assoanus on that trip.

[ielaba2011]

wow those look beautiful, Matt...especially "Queen of Spain"!

'Tis the season for full-on, in your face yellow! A few plants responding to the sunshine and in flower now:

[Maggi Young]

I like to see them in habitat , Jaime. Is that last pic a fairly shaded slope?

[ielaba2011]

I like to see them in habitat , Jaime. Is that last pic a fairly shaded slope?

Yes Maggi, this slope faces east... only gets few hours of sun, and these narcissus were shaded by other taller plants. But I have seen them also in totally exposed places, south facing...those tend to bloom earlier in the season, I think. Narcissus bulbocodium has a very diverse occurrence. Probably obesus tend to prefer exposed places, baking in hot sun during the Summer...but I don´t know exactly.

[Maggi Young]

Mmm, east facing - so that is why they are still in flower, probably.

[Karaba]

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.

Thanks Rafa for your answer about assoanus/jonquilla. Some of these differences are not easy to see on pictures.

Here's a narcissus that a friend give me as N serotinus, which it is obviously not 
It's looks like assoanus but comparing with my assoanus that are still in bud, the leaves are a bit wider (2,5 mm), more flat, more prostrate and the green is different. I will have to wait few day fbefore comparing the flowers.
Tube is 14 mm long, corona is 8 mm wide and perianthe is 24 mm wide (see 4th picture)