Narcissus - Spring 2018 (from February onwards)

[YT]

Here is your N cantabricus petunioides looking beautiful here just now, Tatsuo.

Wow Your petunioides seems comfortable, Anne
Continuing from last season, mine is unlikely to flower this season too

Some seedlings flowering now, unnamed so far:

They are very cute Especially the bi-coloured one

[YT]

Narcissus cantabricus, Spain
SRGC Seed Exchange, 2010 - 5194

[YT]

Narcissus papyraceus, JJA 702.720, “almost certainly originating in Morocco”
Its flower stalk is shorter than leaves.

[Maggi Young]

  Words fail me, Tatsuo!!! 

 Looking back at your previous photos of these - they are just getting better and better!

[YT]

Narcissus papyraceus MS.427, Spain, Antequera.
In contrast with its African relative in my previous post, its flower stalk is taller than leaves.

[YT]

Words fail me, Tatsuo!!! 

 Looking back at your previous photos of these - they are just getting better and better!

Thanks, Maggi They are just getting bigger and bigger

[Yann]

striking difference, both are wonderful. Why your plants are much more compact than those grown in europe, is it light angle?

[YT]

striking difference, both are wonderful. Why your plants are much more compact than those grown in europe, is it light angle?

Thanks, Yann. Yes, the light angle is one of the reason, I think. The main reason is probably winter weather. Here is the mid-latitude east coast climate.  From late Autumn to early Spring, we have sunnier and drier days here far more than the UK and Europe.

[ArnoldT]

I choose Tokyo as a sample point for day length compared to me.

Tokyo: https://www.gaisma.com/en/location/tokyo.html

New Jersey: https://www.gaisma.com/en/location/fort-lee-new-jersey.html.

You can compare the "insolation" numbers for different parts of the world to see why Tatsuo's plants are more compact.

[Gerdk]

Here are some 'bulbocodiums' - just flowering

1. Narcisssus bulbocodium from Tizi n' Tichka/Morocco
2. Narcissus x susannae - from different sources (wild)
3. Narcissus x matritensis - a little bit smaller flowers than the previous one
4. Narcissus albicans

Gerd

[YT]

Lovely hoops and their hybrids, Gerd

[YT]

Narcissus cantabricus “var. clusii”

[Maggi Young]

Lovely post on Facebook today from Eric Breed .....
 "Narcissus 'The Expert' blooming in a pot today. Bred by Carlos van der and it was named for our dad we lost in april last year."


Narcissus 'The Expert'

 What a good memorial for the  man who grew the   "Connoisseur Collection " the late Kees Breed.

[annew]

Narcissus cantabricus “var. clusii”

Oh, my! A Forrest medal winner - if only!

[Gerdk]

Oh, my! A Forrest medal winner - if only!

Indeed!!!

Gerd