Winter Narcissus - to early 2012

[dumyat]

Narcissus in Galicia. Visited last week and was delighted to see abundant N. cyclamineus and three other species.(First attempt at posting. If this works, will try photos!)

[David Nicholson]

It worked, we're ready for 'em

[Maggi Young]

Narcissus in Galicia. Visited last week and was delighted to see abundant N. cyclamineus and three other species.(First attempt at posting. If this works, will try photos!)

Welcome! .... and David's right... we're ready and waiting! 

[David Nicholson]

A few Daff pictures from a visit made today to Cotehele House in Cornwall. In the days before the 2nd. World War Daffodil growing was an important part of the economy in these parts with growers vying with each other to get the first of the early London markets and the best prices. When the war came along many of the Daffodil fields were turned over to food production and it's said that the hedgerows are full of very old cultivars, bulbs of which were turned up as the field were cultivated and thrown into the hedge bottoms.

I took a few pictures around Cotehele and some of these might well be old varieties, equally they could just as well be modern ones. Who knows?

The Server seems slow tonight so I'll put them on in two groups of five. The only double I saw is in Picture 8.

[David Nicholson]

Second and final batch:-

[dumyat]

Nrcs. in Galicia. Attaching pics obviously too ambitious for me. I'll need a tutorial before I try again.

[dumyat]

Is this OK?

[Rafa]

Wellcome Dumyat.

David, I am not agree with The Plant List, Narcissus obesus, or bulbocodium subsp. obesus is a very  good taxon in my oppinion.

[Maggi Young]

Is this OK?

Sure is.  Will send you some tips if you think you need them but you're on the way now. 

[David Nicholson]

Wellcome Dumyat.

David, I am not agree with The Plant List, Narcissus obesus, or bulbocodium subsp. obesus is a very  good taxon in my oppinion.

Hi Rafa, The Plant List shows N. obesus as an accepted name.

[David Nicholson]

Is this OK?

Perfect Ian, now you'll have to do the same-again....... and again

[Rafa]

oh! so I am agree with this 

[Gerry Webster]

Narcissus bulbocodium  tenuifolius. Well that's what it says on the label.

If memory serves, the plants I have under that name ( a trade form) are somewhat different. They  are just coming into flower so I'll try & post a photo for comparison. Michael's plants do look a little like N. obesus to me - the shape of the corona - but I'd hesitate to make any identification of these diabolical plants.

[dumyat]

Galicia pictures

[Lesley Cox]

For me the plants I have as N bulb. var tenuifolius are a smaller version of N. bulbocodium while N. bulb obesus is, indeed, very obese. I don't see how they could be the same. I don't have a pic of tenuifolius though.