Narcissus Février/February 2016

[Cyril L]

Thanks, Cyril. Sounds interesting the compact forms. The Spanish one in my previous post has 2 times or more higher flower stalks than this Moroccan when they are in their blooming period.

Tatsuo, I can see the Spanish one you showed is much taller. 

Rafa grows a similar compact plant from a collection from Tarragona, a port city in northeastern Spain’s Catalonia region, of a residual locality that has definitively disappeared (he thinks due climate change).  It has long and prostrate leaves, not erect like in N. papyraceus subsp. papyraceus, also they are very wide at the beginning and thin at the end. He thinks it is a subsp. of N. papyraceus probably not described yet.  See his post reply 23 for pictures. http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13802.15

The Moroccan form you grow is slightly different in that the leaves do not seem so large or so prostrate, more like typical N. papyraceus subsp. papyraceus.

[Maggi Young]

Narcissus papyraceus, JJA 702.720, almost certainly originating in Morocco.
At my place, the African papyraceus blooms almost 2 month later than the Spanish one.

 They are growing more  strongly each year and getting  more lovely, YT!

[YT]

Superb papyraceous, Tatsuo.

Thanks, Anne

Rafa grows a similar compact plant from a collection from Tarragona, a port city in northeastern Spain’s Catalonia region, of a residual locality that has definitively disappeared (he thinks due climate change).  It has long and prostrate leaves, not erect like in N. papyraceus subsp. papyraceus, also they are very wide at the beginning and thin at the end. He thinks it is a subsp. of N. papyraceus probably not described yet.  See his post reply 23 for pictures. http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13802.15

Thanks for the link, Cyril. I believe Rafa will distribute the seeds from that precious dwarf form

They are growing more  strongly each year and getting  more lovely, YT!

Yes, they are and increasing year by year and I've already donated the hand pollinated seeds to SRGC SeedEx

[YT]

Narcissus cantabricus, from SRGC SeedEx 2010-5194

[Yann]

lovely Tatsuo,

here're from Narcissus fringella group and Narcissus bulbocodium obesus MS451

[Gabriela]

N. fringella looks very dainty, good name 
What's about 'obesus' - does it have a big bulb?

[annew]

Here is Fringella next to Sidora for comparison. Then Sidora. Then a close up of Fringella.

[annew]

Here is a new variety selected by our friend and forumist  Lesley Cox in New Zealand - 'Susan Cox'.

[YT]

Wow! Each looks more charming than the others, Anne

[YT]

My petunioides pot looks no good this season. Flower stems are much taller than the usual and some bulbs have no flowers

[annew]

MUCH taller?? 3-4cm??  Maybe they are missing their friends that you sent to lucky people over here?

[YT]

MUCH taller?? 3-4cm??  Maybe they are missing their friends that you sent to lucky people over here?

Yes, definitely tall. You can see they are ready to flop over I have to increase them more they not miss their clones.

[YT]

Narcissus ‘Candlepower’ x cyclamineus has changed to milky white

Narcissus cantabricus, ex. JJA 699.814. A second generation seedling sown in 2013.
The seedlings from JJA (the first generation) varied in flower shape and size. I carefully selected uniform open-mouthed flowers and pollinated them.

Narcissus minor, JJA 702.305 has just started to bloom.

[Robert]

A terrible photograph of Narcissus scaberulus aff. I definitely am uncertain! I thought that this might be a good time to ask the experts on this thread if there is a good on-line key to the Genus Narcissus in English? If this is not possible maybe there is a good book on the subject (in English too)? Not only a key, but also botanical descriptions would be helpful.

Over the years I have received seed from various seed exchanges of many "species". Much is garden seed - perhaps of questionable purity as to a species. Any comments on this? Wild seed seems difficult to obtain, at least here in my part of California. What little there is seems in very high demand. Any thoughts on this one?

If I am going to photograph these tiny flowers an up-grade to my present camera would be extremely helpful. I will have to find out if there is another thread that deals with such technical issues.

In advance, thank you (all) for your help. 

[Cfred72]

Narcissus minor JJA 702,305 is tremendous.