Narcissus March 2008

[Anthony Darby]

Anthony, all your pix today have been too big.... scrolling needed ..... (Attachment Link)

Sorry Maggi, having to do them betweeen classes in school as my computer is knackered. Haven't tried loading on to Vivienne's laptop yet. Must get someone out to fix the thing.

[Michael J Campbell]

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Can anyone identify this Narcissus,sorry it is a bit battered from the storm. I got it as Eystettensis (Queen Anne's Double Daffodil)
but Daffseek does not agree. Any ideas?

[John Forrest]

I saw some chap called Ian Young last night at Lancaster, giving a lantern slide discourse about bulbous plants. He was really rather good and I think he could become well known in time.

After the gales we had a very pleasant day and a couple of wee daffs opened enough to get a snap.

1 Narcissus calcicola grown from SRGC seed. It is very tiny at about 7-8cm and I lik the way the buds are pendant before opening.
2 Narcissus calcicola detail
3 Narcissus jeanmondii I grew from exchange seed and it is even more dwarf at about 5-6cm in height. I don't know this species and would be glad of any information about it.

[carolesmith]

Could the double narcissus be telamonius plenus - I have something similar, but am not at home and don't have a book to check the spelling.

[mark smyth]

'Pencrebar' I believe and for comparison it and 'Queen Anne's' are below

[Michael J Campbell]

That looks like it Mark, but the colour is lighter than mine. What height is 'Pencrebar? it is not on Daffaseek,my plant is about 12cm to 15cm high and the flower is about 4cm  in diamater

[mark smyth]

That's about right Michael. Here it is on Daffseek
http://www.daffseek.com/query-detail.php?value1=Pencrebar&lastpage=1

[Michael J Campbell]

Mark,how did you get it on Daffseek,? it would'nt come up for me

[Lvandelft]

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Can anyone identify this Narcissus,sorry it is a bit battered from the storm. I got it as Eystettensis (Queen Anne's Double Daffodil)
but Daffseek does not agree. Any ideas?

Michael it looks a bit like N. Dick Wilden. It happened I received a few days ago a bunch of them and they are just opening.
Here's a picture from Daff Seek:

[Robert Pavlis]

I started collecting Narcissus 3 years ago (have about 60 now), but around here (Ontario Canada) I have found any of the smaller species mentioned here. Are they hardy in colder climates? I notice most of the pictures are of plants in pots - are they easy to grow in the ground?

Thanks a lot for the pics. I still have 2 - 4 feet of snow on my Daffs. Heaviest snow fall in some 50 years.

[Gerdk]

Narcissus jeanmondii I grew from exchange seed and it is even more dwarf at about 5-6cm in height. I don't know this species and would be glad of any information about it.

John,
This is a High Atlas version of Narcissus bulbocodium var. nivalis named by Fernandez Casas. (Narcissus Update from John Blanchard in AGS Bulletin Vol.66, No. 3/1998)

Gerd

[Lvandelft]

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Can anyone identify this Narcissus,sorry it is a bit battered from the storm. I got it as Eystettensis (Queen Anne's Double Daffodil)
but Daffseek does not agree. Any ideas?

Here is a picture of Dick Wilden today taken from the vase.

[Gerdk]

Here are some daffodils from this week

1. + 2. Narcissus nobilis primigenius
3.        Narcissus bulbocodium   long corona
           - for all of these thanks to Tony G.

4. + 5.  Narcissus bulbocodium from the High Atlas Mts. - outside

Gerd

[mark smyth]

Wow I like that nobilis primigenius. Must look out for it in catalogues this summer

[David Nicholson]

Is one of you Narcissus specialists going to give Robert (reply 99) a response??