Autumn flowering narcissus (NH)

[Gerdk]

A first contribution to this theme was sent by Yann at September 19th (Narcissus cavanillesii) in Narcissus September 2017.

Here are my first autumn flowers -
a special coloured Narcissus miniatus (obsoletus), of Israeli origin (with best thanks to the donor).
The last photo (from 2009) shows the colouration of an own plant, found in Spain.

Gerd

[Maggi Young]

Glad to see you continue your success with these, Gerd. I find them very beautiful.

[Yann]

very nice, can't wait my bulbs from Rafa's seeds to bloom.

[Gerdk]

Maggia and Yann -

Thank you both for kind comments!

Gerd

[sokol]

Narcissus tazettus starts here to flower, much earlier than ever.

[Gerdk]

Very interesting Stefan!
When does this provenance (from Gargano/Italy?) flower normally?

Gerd

[sokol]

I can't say. First they flowered around Christmas, next winter in March and now the first are starting in September.

[Gerdk]

Thank you Stefan! I had a similar experience with Narcissus papyraceus from Southern Spain, which at one occasion flowers in October but after that never again.

Gerd

[Gerdk]

This is Narcissus cavanillesii - most probably the subspecies mauretanicus

- flowering more reliably than plants of Spanish origin

Gerd

[Gerdk]

Narcissus x alleniae, autumn ones are my favorites

Nice plant Yann- this is also one of my favorites!
Why don't you post them in 'Autumn flowering Daffodils NH'?

Gerd

[Yann]

oupss, i'll move my post.

[sokol]

Thank you Stefan! I had a similar experience with Narcissus papyraceus from Southern Spain, which at one occasion flowers in October but after that never again.

Gerd

I have seen further flowering stems today that will come into flower during the following weeks.

Very nice and unusual Narcissus these cavanillesii.

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Gerd,
I see on Daffnet  ( http://daffnet.org/narcissus-x-xanthochlorus/ ) that N. x xanthochlorus (N. cavanilesiix N. viridiflorus) could be fertile.
Have you any experience of this?
cheers
fermi

[Yann]

Narcissus x alleniae, autumn ones are my favorites

[Gerdk]

Hi Gerd,
I see on Daffnet  ( http://daffnet.org/narcissus-x-xanthochlorus/ ) that N. x xanthochlorus (N. cavanilesiix N. viridiflorus) could be fertile.
Have you any experience of this?
cheers
fermi

Hi Fermi,
- unfortunately not! I received a few bulbs of this cross from its 'creator' but I had no seedset. This is most probably caused by our  weather conditions here with too low temperatures for the development of seeds.
This species has a tendency for splitting, so flowers are rare. With some luck I'll have one flowering plant this season and so there will be a chance for a new test.

Gerd