Narcissus 2010

[Maggi Young]

Thanks Maggie and Graham.I guess I'm on the mend as I just renewed my membership

Haha! Well, that IS a good sign!! 

......... to have too much N. triandrus triandrus pollen !

Well, not a problem we have around here, either.... more's the pity 

[annew]

Just keeping it alive is quite a challenge for me.

[Gerry Webster]

Just keeping it alive is quite a challenge for me.

A challenge I have failed to meet several times. I've now given up.

[David Nicholson]

"Noss Mayo"
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Fermi, is 'Noss Mayo' an Oz bred variety? Noss Mayo is a coastal village not far away from me, some pictures at:-
http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en-GB&rlz=1T4GGLL_en-GBGB353GB353&q=noss+mayo&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=1SmJTKf0GaSI4gbc1ZDSBA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=5&ved=0CD4QsAQwBA

[Maggi Young]

I'd have thought 'Noss Mayo' was a "foreign" name until you mentioned your nearby village, David!
It seems the daff is as English as the name....
http://daffseek.org/query/query-detail.php?value1=Noss%20Mayo&lastpage=1&

[David Nicholson]

Thanks Maggi, didn't think about checking on Daffseek (it's an age thing!!)

"Noss" is from Old English 'noess' with a dipthong on the oe, meaning headland and the Mayo bit is Old French from the personal name 'Mathew', Matheu's estate on the headland. A chap called Matheu held the manor in the 13C.

[Maggi Young]

Thanks Maggi, didn't think about checking on Daffseek (it's an age thing!!)

Well, David, I have a nose for these things you know.....

"Noss" is from Old English 'noess' with a dipthong on the oe, meaning headland and the Mayo bit is Old French from the personal name 'Mathew', Matheu's estate on the headland. A chap called Matheu held the manor in the 13C.

Such fun- today's old English history lesson... this forum really broadens one's mind. 

[David Nicholson]

 

[galahad]

My fridge is starting to fill up with blooms for the daff show

[daveyp1970]

good luck Ross

[Kees Green]

Hope to see some ribbons on your exhibits Ross.
Also hope to catch up at some stage on Saturday

[galahad]

Thanks.  I don't exhibit at the alpine show but will be exhibiting in the South Island National Daffodil show in Te Anau weekend of the 26th

[fermi de Sousa]

It's peak Daff season here! I took a few pics in Otto's garden on Saturday,
This is a self-sown seedling which he has named "Vivienne"




A nice patch of Narcissus "Douglas Banks"


A Kiera Bulbs introduction, "Second Fiddle"


I think Otto said this is "Mitzi"


Unless it was this one, otherwise it's "Snipe"!


At the FCHS Spring Show there were a few nice mini-daffs,




As well as a range of "Standards"


such as this poeticus "St Agnes"


cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

A few from our garden this morning,
Narcissus nevadensis


"Camp Hill"


Narcissus obesus


"Velocity"


cheers
fermi

[Kees Green]

Very nice Fermi.
That first one looks more like snipe, my mitzy has finished flowering here but look to have 2 fat seed pods-crossed it back to cyclamineus. I will keep my fingers crossed.