Narcissus November 2015

[Emilio Monedero]

Narcissus romieuxii "Treble Chance" today in Germany.

[Dave Hardy]

Narcissus 'Tequila Sunrise Group' flowering today in a wet and windy Northern Ireland.

[YT]

can anyone help with an id on this one, it's flowering now with more to come. I got it from the AGS as Narcissus romieuxii mesatlanticus - I was expecting white or cream rather than pale yellow. But it's different from my other romieuxii so I'm not too worried.

I cannot ID the flower but love that reflexed corona like as N. romieuxii 'Julia Jane', Mark

[YT]

Beautiful hybrid Tatsuo, and also great results all of you with this autumn narcissi.
Tatsuo, I am sure your hybrid has N. obsoletus as mother, because N. serotinus is strictly uniflower. The father is N. triandrus (this is why it hasn't bloom in spring) which has several flowers, but the mother is the one that should have several flowers to make possible its hybrids also be multiflower. So autumn blooming and multiflowered species = N. obosletus, not N. serotinus.

That I observed in the nature, is that a mother uniflower, creates uniflower hybrids. So maybe this is why the mother of your hybrid is N. obsoletus instead N. serotinus. In adition, also the perianth tube hasn't any character of mother N. serotinus which is very remarkable

Thank you for your details about the hybrids. These hybrids are from a nursery and I have no choice but to believe what they say.
I'm lucky to get reasonable information from narcissus specialist like you, Rafa

[YT]

Narcissus romieuxii "Treble Chance" today in Germany.

That's very early for me, Emilio. 'Treble Chance' usually flowers in February here.

Narcissus 'Tequila Sunrise Group' flowering today in a wet and windy Northern Ireland.

You are enjoying lots of sunny day now, Dave!

[Dave Hardy]

You are enjoying lots of sunny day now, Dave!

I am indeed Tatsuo. Amazing how a something so small and beautiful can add sunshine to your life. It is a great hobby/passion we have.

Dave

[Maggi Young]

I am indeed Tatsuo. Amazing how a something so small and beautiful can add sunshine to your life. It is a great hobby/passion we have.

Dave

  I  agree!   Such a shame that the autumn and winter flowering narcissus are quite unknown by some folks. We  are doing our bit here to get the word out there!   Mind you,  some from this season are not the easiest to grow -  but the little winter  hoops etc are much easier for the most part.  Such a delight to enjoy them in the dismal weather and sad days of human cruelty.

[johnstephen29]

Well said Maggi, when you think these people can't sink any lower, they prove you wrong.

[Johan K.]

Narcissus cantabricus

[annew]

All these flowers are cheering me while I wait for mine to start - the penalty of being late with the watering. Craigton Chorister will be the first, I think!

[Mark Griffiths]

Anne, do you have an opinion on the plant in my reply #13?

[annew]

I think it's a cracker! Hopefully the stem will be stronger when the plant is older though. It looks to me like the mesatlanticus (mine were yellow - they can be) has hybridised with something petunioid. That's the wonder of seed exchanges - you can get nice surprises.

[Mark Griffiths]

thanks Anne, actually it's a bit more upright - it had started to flower under the bench and I hadn't noticed. There are more flowers to come as it's several sedlings - it will be interesting to see if they are all the same.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Narcissus papyraceus. This is not from forced bulbs commonly sold at this time of year. They are offsets from one bulb bought a decade ago from a well known seller of Rare Plants as Narcissus pachybolbos, but which keys out as N. papyraceus. They have been sitting in a pot on the patio behind the house for a couple of years with little attention other than some Blood Fish and Bone Meal.

[annew]

I hope Rafa won't mind me sharing this  comment on papyraceus/panizzianus:

Subsp. pannizianus is quite harmonic plant in proportions between corona and tepals, very good scented, and the most important maybe is the one that blooms later in late winter.

Subsp. papyraceus is very chaotic twhisted tepals, irregular corona… and scent very bad (maybe the worst narcissus) the vernacular name here is “meados de burra” o  “meados de cabra” which means donkey or goat pee. Also it blooms before N. pannizianus.

What does yours smell like, Ralph?