autumn-flowering daffodils - Northern Hemisphere

[Gerdk]

Thank you Hans - I recommend a ' sniff party ' during a calm sunny day 
and a rerun at night - (because Narcissus viridiflorus is pollinated by moths!
Gerd

Followed my own suggestion and visited my daffs in the dark -
and I was pleasantly surprised. All daffodils in flower were remarkably scented -  most powerful Narcissus cavanillesii.
I can only recommend spending more time in the garden at night -
not only for slug hunting!   

Gerd

[Gail]

Excellent Gerd, perhaps we ought to have night-time flower shows so that more people could appreciate them...

[Hans A.]

I recommend a ' sniff party ' during a calm sunny day 
and a rerun at night - (because Narcissus viridiflorus is pollinated by moths!

Gerd

Gerd, you are right, during the day hardly any scent was there, in the evening all narcissus had a good  scent!
Here some pics from today, this type of narcissus do fine ,except Narcissus cavanillesii -  there is no one visible whyever .

[Gerdk]

Hans, Thank you for confirmation! - and beautiful pics!

Narcissus cavanillesii is somewhat later than the others - maybe they will appear soon!

Gerd

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Three little beauties Hans !
They simply look superb in their settings.

[Maggi Young]

I am SOoooooooooo envious... the autumn- flowering narcissus do not do terribly well with us. 

[Hans A.]

Thanks Gerd, Luc and Maggi!
Maggi, I have similar problems here with Erythronium, Trillium...

[Gerdk]

Here are some pics from my autumn flowering daffodils -

1. most of the flowering ones
2. Narcissus miniatus of Mallorcan origin
3. Narcissus miniatus from Cadiz
    - note the different petal size
4. Cadiz form - the whole pot
5. Narcissus miniatus with a slight orange tint

Gerd

[Gail]

Fascinating pictures Gerd, thank you.

[Maggi Young]

So very beautiful, Gerd. I am very jealous!

[BULBISSIME]

superb Gerd !
Today, in Corsica, Narcissus serotinus (miniatus) on the road...
Gerd, is it really N. miniatus now ??

[Gerdk]

Thank you, Gail and Maggi

superb Gerd !
Today, in Corsica, Narcissus serotinus (miniatus) on the road...
Gerd, is it really N. miniatus now ??

Now I am jelous too - what a wonderful roadside vegetation!

miniatus and serotinus are quite different - the separation of the two species was represented in 2005 by Donnison-Morgan, Koopowitz, Zonneveld and Howe. Because I'm not a taxonomist I can't tell anything about the acceptance of the new name.

If there are early flowering N. papyraceus in Corsica it would be worth to look for hybrids - like Oro did in Israel!

Gerd

[Gail]

Fantastic picture Fred - how wonderful to see such flowers by the roadside!

[dominique]

Splendid all. Gerd, what a diversity. Fred bon voyage et merci
Dom

[Anthony Darby]

I wonder if these could be grown outside in parts of New Zealand?