Remarks from the Weekly KAVB Flower Show - Lisse

[Regelian]

Emcys is a very nice daffodil with a very strange name.

The name is made from this sentence:
Een Mooie CYclamineus Selectie: EMCYS

It means A Nice CYclamineus Selection

Leuk!

[Lvandelft]

 I have N. 'Surfside ' from the connoisseur Collection, I think... or do I just remember sorting it into paper bags? 

Yes Maggi! Don't know if you have it, but Surfside was delivered.

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Leuk!

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[Regelian]

Jamie, surely you grow Acis (syn Leucoium/Leucojum) autumnalis? It must be very available throughout the UK and Europe?

Sad to admit it, but, no.  I've only seen it offered now and then, but would really rather raise it from seed.  I have had very poor luck with virused stock of many bulbs.  A disadvantage of living in a massive bulb-growing region.  Virus is rampant in certain types, despite the best husbandry.  It just takes a few rabid aphids to spoil your day.

Seeds are more fun, anyway!  

[Lesley Cox]

Mine's in flower now and I always get seed. Between us Fermi and I will supply in our autumn.

[fermi de Sousa]

Mine's in flower now and I always get seed. Between us Fermi and I will supply in our autumn.

Hi Lesley,
yes some of our Acis autumnalis are in flower now


it's just a matter of catching the seed before it drops!

Luit,
It's nice to see Narcissus "Kholmes" over there as it is one of Rod Barwick's "Detective Series" of Hybrid Hoop Petticoat daffs (others include "Orcleuse", "Smarple", "Mitimoto", "Kojak" and "Sporoit") raised in Tasmania.
cheers
fermi

[annew]

Thank you for your explanation, Luit. It reminds me of the Galanthus named 'Nothing Special". Except the daffodil is nice.

[Lvandelft]

Again many narcissi on the benches this week and not only big flowering ones:

Narcissus Gabriel Kleiberg       
Narcissus Gabriel Kleiberg cl
Narcissus cordubensis                   
Narcissus group 
Narcissus The Alliance                       
Narcissus Mite                                               
Narcissus Snook [N. nevadensis x N. cyclamineus]                   

[Lvandelft]

some new snowdrops not shown earlier 

Galanthus gracilis ‘Kennemerend’               
Galanthus nivalis Scharlockii x G. plicatus cl             
Galanthus nivalis Scharlockii x G. plicatus       

[Lvandelft]

and the last few of other entries this week:

Iris reticulata Spot On     (a Mc. Murtie hybrid)                               
Iris Sheila Ann Germaney
Crocus Miss Vain                                   
Crocus Vanguard   

[Onion]

Luit,
impressive as every week. 

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks yet again Luit. Who says spring hasn't arrived in the NH?

I like 'Spot On' but LOVE 'Sheila Ann Germaney' perhaps because she does so very well for me. Her colouring is so clean and delicate.

[angie]

Luit love those Crocus Vanguard... thanks for giving us something cheery to look at.

Angie

[Brian Ellis]

Many thanks Luit, I really like the colouring of 'Spot on', would look good with the snowdrops

[ChrisB]

I have a nice pot of Miss Vain in flower, looks just like yours Luit!  Really enjoying the crocus just now....

[Maggi Young]

I have a nice pot of Miss Vain in flower, looks just like yours Luit!  Really enjoying the crocus just now....

 Is that from the Bulbs donated to the DWE by Luit and Cees Breed from the Connoisseur Collection, Christine?
I noticed Art had some crocus in flower from that... we should have a special thread to show our bulbs from the C. Collection