July 2010 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Tecophilaea King]

A delightful little Narcissus seedling Bill. Get your propagating boots on. N. cyclamineus is such a fine parent. This seedling is especially good because it increases very quickly, each flowering bulb splitting to 5 or 6 flowering bulbs each year.

You're not doing to bad with this N.Gambas X N.cyclamineus seedling either Lesley, well proportioned, vigorous, fertile, good for breeding, very nice, I like it.

[vanozzi]

This looks very much like Galanthus Lady Beatrix Stanley--but it has the extra two spots? It has flowered in my small box of seedlings that I brought with me when I left Tasmania  a couple years ago.I'm not claiming it as my seedling, so I guess I must have plonked one bulb into the box.

[Maggi Young]

It was one of a batch of seedlings from 'Gambus.' Most were just about identical to 'Gambus' so I assume were self-pollinated (this was "accidental" seed, I didn't pollinate or intend it). A few obviously had some cyclamineus in them (from some growing nearby) but this one was especially strong. The plant in flower is about 8 or 9cms high (a little more as it finishes and seeds, yes, it's fertile) and this pic is of ONE bulb, in its second year from being taken off the parent bulb, a full dozen flowers!

 That is one cute and vigorous little narcissus, Lesley!

[Paul T]

Even more nice, Lesley.

Paul,

I rather like the additional marks.  As you say, it looks otherwise like LBS, but those marks definitely shouldn't be there.  It would be interesting to see whether it flowers that way every year.  Either way, it's a keeper, that is for sure.

[Lesley Cox]

That's very nice Paul. As PT says it will be interesting to see if the spots are permanent. Perhaps it's a one year climatic thing. But well worth propagating if it retains the upper marks.

[David Nicholson]

Lesley,I like your Narcissus 'Gambus' x t's a little beauty.

[Lesley Cox]

Lesley,I like your Narcissus 'Gambus' x t's a little beauty.

Well that's a seedling from it David. Here's 'Gambus' itself. (I notice Bill is spelling it 'Gambas.' Maybe that's correct.)

[Lesley Cox]

So -


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Here is another seedling from 'Gambus' a different batch.

[Paul T]

Lesley,

I can imagine you just LOVE that last one (not).  I don't mind the extra petals etc... is it actually stable that way?

[Lesley Cox]

Well funnily enough I did quite like it. There were 9 petals as I recall (last Sept). Stable? I don't know. It was a first flowering. We'll see what happens this year. Not so long now!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Lovely Narcissus Lesley !!
I like most of these cyclamineus hybrids - but yours seems to full of excellent properties ! 

[Paul T]

Interesting Lesley, I would have expected you not to like it judging from previous comments on other oddities in the Narcissus.  I'm glad for it's sake that you like it. 

[Tecophilaea King]

Well that's a seedling from it David. Here's 'Gambus' itself. (I notice Bill is spelling it 'Gambas.' Maybe that's correct.)

Yes it's definitely Narcissus Gambas Lesley, from Alec Gray (div.1y-y), according to the Daffodil Register and Classified List.
Whatever the spelling they are beautiful.

[Tecophilaea King]

Yes, quite a few more of the little trumpet miniatures starting to pop up, with more flowers opening of that Gipsy Queen X Narcissus cyclamineus cross and the second picture is of a seedling N.cyclmineus but twice the size of the species.

[Paul T]

I love em all, Bill.