Connoisseur Collection

[Lvandelft]

Some pictures of this weeks visit:

Bulbfields around our house   
Narcissus Carclew R.A. Sc. '96
Narcissus Cornish Chuckles R.A. Sc. 2000
Narcissus Double Roman R.A.Sc. '97
Narcissus Duiker     Ringhaddy '02
Narcissus Nancegollan Br. Ga.
Crocus chrysanthus Willem van Eeden
Crocus vernus Negro Boy 2             
Crocus vernus Negro Boy 3

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Luit,

as you can see crocus vernus 'Negro Boy' is easily identified from other dark-coloured cultivars by having slightly darker tips at the top of outer petals

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Armin,

Crocus vernus 'Glory of Sasenheim' was offered by Pottertons Nursery few years ago. Though in their new catalogue they offer crocus 'Purpureus Grandiflorus'
http://www.pottertons.co.uk/pott/browse.php?folder=342

[Lvandelft]

And some more:

Last week I showed a selection of Fritillaria stenanthera.
Here is the one mostly found in trade.


Tulipa greigii Hybr. Rose d 'Amour             
Tulipa kaufmanniana Hybr. Stresa   

and a smaller field with Narcissus Tête à Tête
(of totally more than 600 Hectars grown in Holland)

Narcissus Tête à Tête field  Nw.   
Narcissus Golden Quince R.A. Sc.             
Narcissus Little Beauty         
Narcissus Mite J. Am.           
Narcissus nr. S 285 R.A. Sc. '95             
Narcissus Royal Connection R.A. Sc. '02       

[Lvandelft]

Some more pictures :

Tulipa kaufmanniana Group Orange Boy
Tulipa kaufmanniana Hybr. Corona
Crocus vernus White Christmas P+M '93 
Crocus biflorus Atrospermus Aff. Cam.B '05
Crocus chrysanthus Jeannine
Crocus vernus ssp. vernus Oradea  J.R. '01
Narcissus Cragford         
Narcissus Jetage Br. Ga. '98
Narcissus Phalarope B. Dunc. 2000
 

[Lvandelft]

and more:
             
Narcissus Abba           
Narcissus Jumblie             
Narcissus Satellite               
Narcissus Swift K.v.d.V. 2000
Narcissus Tuggle Seedling 6649  B.S. Dunc.                 
Crocus vernus Jubilee 1.             
Crocus vernus Jubilee 2.               
Crocus vernus Jubilee 3

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Luit,

Would you, please, photograph the leaevs of crocus 'Negro Boy' from a close distance. I want to see if there is virus on the leaves.
My 'Negro Boy' and 'Vanguard' from Dix's Export are blooming abundantly, but, unfortunately, the whole stock is heavily infected with leaf mosaic. It seems that 90% of Dutch stock, as most of the growers noticed, is infected with this kind of virus. I periodically obtain crocus vernus hybrids from different Dutch sourses and then after blooming trash the all stock because of the infection.

I think that I should better obtain these plants from small growers, who don't cultivate them for mass production. I'll see.

[Lvandelft]

To justice my (nick)name I braved the cold again this week, but don't expect me going to the fields the coming three or four days. Brrrrrr.!

Batch 1:
Crocus chrysanthus White Triumphator
Crocus vernus Twinborne P + M '03   
Narcissus DIV 1 Brighton       
Narcissus DIV 1 Honeymoon 1           
Narcissus DIV 1 Honeymoon  2 
Tulipa kaufmanniana Ancilla
Tulipa kaufmanniana Brilliant       
Tulipa kaufmanniana Group Berlioz
Tulipa kaufmanniana Solanus

[Lvandelft]

 Next batch:
 Crocus etruscus M.S. 979  Mon.'95
Crocus chrysanthus Zenith
Tulipa greigii Hybr Echo       
Tulipa greigii Hybr. Trouvaille
Tulipa kaufmanniana Group Joy Bells
Tulipa kaufmanniana Group Willem Hageman's Memory
Narcissus DIV 1 King Alfred
Narcissus DIV 11a  Mistral           
Narcissus DIV 11a Giant Split J.R. '04   

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Luit,

Wonderful pics!!!
crocus vernus 'Twinborn' is very popular here and easily avalable in trade from a small growers.

It is quite interesting to look at those small greigii hybrids. I mostly grow greigii tulips of D.W. Lefeber's introduction, which, comparing to these, are really giants growing up to 50-65 cm (sometimes 70 cm) with huge flowers. I will show some photos when mine are in bloom.

[mark smyth]

How do we get this man's sales list?

[Lvandelft]

Well I think Crocus time is over now,
but there are coming enough other things to show.

Narcissus hispanicus Maximus
Narcissus Javelin (or Fire Alarm)
Narcissus DIV 1 Golden Harvest 
Muscari aucheri Dark Eyes PCN. '93
Hyacinthella pallens  vT. '92
Tulipa kaufmanniana Group Pink Dwarf
Tulipa kaufmanniana Group Sweelinck
Tulipa kaufmanniana Group Shakespeare 2 
Tulipa greigii group 'Carioca' Type

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and some more:

Chionodoxa forbesii Pink Giant PCN. '06
Chionodoxa forbesii (luciliae) Zwanenburg PCN. '93
Tulipa fosteriana Group Dance         
Tulipa fosteriana group Dance 2     
Tulipa kaufmanniana Group  Mendelssohn
Tulipa kaufmanniana Group Orange Boy
Narcissus DIV 1 President Carter PCN '98         
Narcissus DIV 1 Schönbrunn       
Narcissus DIV 4 Wheal Bush R.A.Sc. '99
Narcissus DIV 7 odorus Rugulosus

[Armin]

Luit,
lovely pix as always.

My N. x odorus is a bit shy in flowering compared the 1st year after I had purchased them - in spite of potassium, magnesium & phosphate fertilizer. They have produced lot of leaves and set many new daughter bulbs.
Shall I increase the dose?
Any good advices?

[Lvandelft]

Luit,
lovely pix as always.

My N. x odorus is a bit shy in flowering compared the 1st year after I had purchased them - in spite of potassium, magnesium & phosphate fertilizer. They have produced lot of leaves and set many new daughter bulbs.
Shall I increase the dose?
Any good advices?

Armin. this might be one, which need more heat during the resting period.
As you will know these bulbs in the Collection are taken out every summer,
so getting more heat as when leaving them in the soil.
Have a look at the discussion, Gerd K. and I had this winter ( January) about autumn
flowering Narcissus after my Topic about Midwinter Flowershow.
It mostly depends on the origin where species come from in nature and I don't know
where this one comes from originally.