Narcissus September - December 2009

[Gerdk]

Thank you alltogether for the kind remarks!

Gerd, you are doing well with your autumn daffs. Must try to mimic your conditions?

Why not Anthony? I would be glad if some other enthusiasts will experiment with temperatures and length of time for the resting period. I'm sure there is a lot to improve!

Gerd

[Anthony Darby]

Well Gerd, you are doing much more better than I am at flowering these little beauties, so all I can do is follw the master!

[Gerdk]

Wow! Nice compliment from the master! 

Gerd

[Kees Green]

Thanks for the tips Paul, I may be able to get some fish tubs from my father, I have a few already so will use them. I was going to put the seeds into small plastic pots and then put all of these into the fish tub-might still do that as the heat will only be transferred fro the polystyrene tubs i expect, the tubs will be filled with sand like the plunges that Ian uses.
I am getting some decent miniatures next season so my real hybridising will take place then.
My daffs are all finished for the year so I wait with anticipation for our northen cousins to start showing their pics with us.

[Gerdk]

The next ones are open now. Please note the beginning color change of N. x perezlarae! Three different photographs of the same pot.
The forth pic is Narcissus cavanillesii - a parent of the species shown first here.

Gerd

[Armin]

Gerd,
very impressive pictures - wow .
Congratulation.

[Anthony Darby]

I have four pots of Narcissus cavanillesii (humilis?), but they look like pots of grass, and might as well be!

[Ragged Robin]

They 'show-off' beautifully Gerd, delicate and refined 

[Anthony Darby]

Now it's my turn to be jealous. N. x perezlarae has to be on my Christmas list! Perhaps, with hybrid vigour, it will even flower for me?

[ashley]

Wonderful x perezlarae and elegans Gerd.  You grow them so well

[Maggi Young]

The elegance of these flowers is paramount, isn't it? I love to see the subtle changes that the colour undergoes in the photos.  Thanks , Gerd!

[Paul T]

Striking photos, Gerd.  Beautiful!

[BULBISSIME]

Stuning pics and plants Gerd.
Do you grow them from seeds ?

[Hans A.]

Gerd - your pictures are just great! Thanks a lot of showing them!

I am taking the children for a beach holiday for a week to C'an Picafort next Sunday (11/10). I will try to drag them out for an occasional walk. I hope the rain will have stopped by then?

Ohhh -what a surprise, this week it was very hot with no rain - today the first clouds appeared...

[Anthony Darby]

You'd better fix it for next week Hans!