Narcissus April 2008

[Rafa]

Narcissus rupicola and Bony, my Bloodhound.

[Rafa]

one more

[Rafa]

the last one ok?

[ian mcenery]

Great to see these growing inthe wild
Thanks Rafa

[art600]

Arthur... today in Edinburgh there was a primula hybrid called Lilac Fairy! So these names are widespread 

Maggi
My point was that there appeared to be no trace of lilac in the flower.  I liked the hybrid very much, but unless the colour in Michael's photo was not representative of the actual flower - why lilac?

[Gerdk]

Rafa,
Again at last some extraordinary daffodil pics! I really enjoy them!
Now I see how you discover Narcissus species? Your dog is perfectly suited to
smell daffs! 

Gerd

[Rafa]

HAHAHA yes it is, but her problem is that she eat all! Believe or not, but she loves flowers, fruits (specially citric ones, blackberry (not necessary black) corn etc... this morning I have discovered a sac with natural pig fertilize partially ate!!

[Gerdk]

Here are two daffodils growing inside the greenhouse

Narcissus triandrus ssp. triandrus and Narcissus (bulbocodium) graellsii

Gerd

[annew]

Great pictures, thank you Rafa and Gerd.

[Casalima]

Great photos!!

I really love those rupicola 

Chloë

[Ed Alverson]

Your dog is perfectly suited to smell daffs!

Gerd, you may be saying this in jest, but in our area there are biologists who have trained dogs to search by smell for Kincaid's lupine, a threatened plant species which is also the larval host plant for the endangered Fender's blue butterfly.  See:
http://www.oregonwildlife.org/documents/briefing_lupine2007.pdf

Perhaps this task is made easier because the flowers of Kincaid's lupine smell like dirty socks!

I am told that dogs can easily be trained to detect any type of wild plant.

Ed

[Maggi Young]

A most interesting link, Ed, thank you.  There are also quite a few projects working with dogs and the very early detection of cancers in humans. So many reasons for our canine chums to be our BEST friends, aren't there?

[Gerdk]

Ed, Maggi,
Very interesting - dogs are also able to smell 'weed'.

What's about you, Maggi? - I believe you are able to smell Cosmos atrosanguineus -chocolade scented - over a vast distance 

Gerd

[Maggi Young]

It is true, Gerd, I can detect this scent over unimaginable distances.... sadly this is only of any use to ME, not to the world The clever dogs are much more useful to us ALL 

[Armin]

Again and again - thanks for those charming pictures!

All large flowering Narcissi tilt over their heads due to many rainfall.
Here two who remain still upright.