Narcissus March 2009 -

[Tony Willis]

Anne no problem,I will just concentrate on the 'nice pair' then

[mark smyth]

I should have said that the rupicola x 'Hummingbird' is small flowered, quite tall but still a lovely miniature

[annew]

These came out a while ago, but I've only just got round to compiling the montage. It's just to show the variation in a pan of seedlings of N. rupicola x marvieri.

[Armin]

WP Milner
x kennellis
Queen of Spain

Mark,
thank you for the comparison - very helpful.

I'm afraid lost my W.P. Millner - no noses appeared yet.
I suppose lost them not by frost but by Narcissus flies...

[Armin]

Anne,
the variation of seedlings of N. rupicola x marvieri is impressive.
Very tiny beauties...

Which one will you select?

[tonyg]

Stunning Anne - 'just to show the variation' - should read just to show how beautiful the variation.  You do produce some lovely plants, thanks for sharing them!

[tonyg]

Anne,
the variation of seedlings of N. rupicola x marvieri is impressive.
Very tiny beauties...

Which one will you select?

I'll take the others off your hands

[Lvandelft]

Anne, it must be exciting to see such a batch flowering for the first time!
Is the nr. 3 in the upper row the same as the one in front (2nd pic) on the left the same?
Very handsome!

[annew]

Top left and bottom right were interesting bicolours. Some of the flowers had malformed or 'nicked' petals, so it depends on whether they do this again next year. A lot depends on personal taste doesn't it? Exhibitors at daffodil shows would go for a very full flower, while alpinists might like something more open and elegant. Hmmm 

[annew]

Luit, you are right!

[Alan_b]

I'm afraid I don't know the first thing about narcissi but I saw this one at an open garden yesterday and was bowled over by it.  The owner has a collection of old-fahioned narcissi but could not name this one; he thought it came from Scotland.  If it were a snowdrop, I would describe it as a virescent spikey double, but perhaps narcissus afficiandos use other terminology?  Can anyone identify it for me?

[afw]

Alan

I believe 'weird & wonderful' is N. "Rip van Winkle", according to Google images.

[Maggi Young]

Yes, I think that is 'Rip van Winkle'... an old narcissus of Irish origin, known from before 1884.
Here is the  page from the RHS register :
http://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/registerpages/daffdetails.asp?ID=220462

[Alan_b]

Yes, I think that is 'Rip van Winkle'... an old narcissus of Irish origin, known from before 1884.
Here is the  page from the RHS register :
http://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/registerpages/daffdetails.asp?ID=220462

Although I professed to know nothing about narcissi I think I do know Rip van Winkle.  Now my daffodil is certainly similar but it is a lot greener than the Rip van Winkle I remember.  Perhaps it is a virescent form (if this is possible)?  Maybe this is difficult to see in the first picture.  Here is a rear view.

Please tell me if I am wrong and Rip van Winkel really is green.

[Maggi Young]

Unless there is a virescent form I know not of, then I do think it is just that this one is particularly green... maybe just weather conditions this year. I am aware of this being a daff which is prone to some colour differences, year to year, in gardens around here. Some I have seen coming out lately are pretty green.