Narcissus March 2009 -

[Gerdk]

Fred - beautiful! Many thanks for posting

Thank you Fred! If this will not be immodestly - please let some pics from 2009 follow - this species is very interesting!

Gerd

[Rogan]

Lovely Narcissus spp. everyone!   

It's always a great treat to see non-native plants in their natural habitats, and also so well grown in captivity. Daffs, for many reasons, are not "big" in this country and the true species are even less well known. I will continue in my endeavors to build up a small collection of species thanks, in large part, to your continued inspiration.

Strangely, the species that does the best for me in my warm climate is N. viridiflorus - it obviously realises that I enjoy the strange and patently whacko in addition to the common and just plain pretty! Does anyone have a picture of this species in the wild?

[Gerdk]

Here are a few pics from the species in southern Spain - the surroundings of
the few remaining wild growing N. viridiflorus sometimes is rather disappointing.

If you can grow viridiflorus the other autumn flowering daffs from southern Spain/North Africa might do well also. They are all from lower elevations and experience a lot of heat and drought.

Gerd

[Gerdk]

Spring arrived for one day - according the weather report tomorrow it will rain again

Here are some daffodils

1. Narcissus asturiensis
2. Narcissus cantabricus from a region near Madrid - unusual form - tinged a
little bit ivory (not visible in the pic)- a gift from a nice formist
3. same species from Ronda - Andalucia
4. Narcissus hedraeanthus - white form from the Sierra Morena

Gerd

[BULBISSIME]

Thank's gerd for N. viridiflorus in the wild !
I've never seen the white form of N. hedraeanthus : very pretty !

[Lesley Cox]

I don't know N. dubius at all, but I'm in no doubt that it is an exquisite plant. Especially it is lovely Fred, in the wild as photographed. Thanks for the introduction.

[tonyg]

One from Harlow - pictured back home.
Narcissus jacetanus.  3rd generation from Mike Salmon seed.  One of my favourite narcissus.

[BULBISSIME]

I understand now that I only know a very few species in this great genus !
One more new for me, thank's Tony.
Does someone know if a revision of the genus is in preparation somewhere in the galaxy ??

[Maggi Young]

I believe there is a paper by B. J. M. Zonneveld :  The systematic value of nuclear DNA content for all species of Narcissus L. (Amaryllidaceae)

[BULBISSIME]

Thank's Maggy,

and,.... something readable ?? 
a monograph !

[Gerry Webster]

and,.... something readable ?? 
a monograph !

Fred - the only monograph I know is Narcissus: A Guide To Wild Daffodils by John W Blanchard. This was published by the Alpine Garden Society in 1990. I'm not aware of anything more recent.

[BULBISSIME]

Pity 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

It's still available Fred - I saw it on the book stall at the AGS show in Harlow last Saturday..

[BULBISSIME]

Thank's Luc,  I'll try to get it !

[Anthony Darby]

I don't know N. dubius at all, but I'm in no doubt that it is an exquisite plant. Especially it is lovely Fred, in the wild as photographed. Thanks for the introduction.

I have a couple of bulbs of Narcissus dubius in a pot, but only three leaves this year, which is one more leaf than last year. Hopefully I am now doing something right and it will eventually flower. It's a lovely wee species. Thanks for posting the pics Fred.