March Narcissus 2011

[Gerry Webster]

Ladies & Gents!
Many thanks I expected this reply...

For me N. xxx lobularis of trade (=The Lent Lily) and N. obvallaris (=The Tenby Daffodil) remain still two different species...
I support Narcissus pseudonarcissus f. lobularis (Haw.) Voss is a (obsolete) synonym of Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus

I found also in Plantago:
Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. major=
Auteurs:   (Curtis) Baker
Synoniemen:   Narcissus confusus Pugsley, Narcissus hispanicus Gouan, Narcissus major Curtis, Narcissus maximus Hort.

Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. obvallaris=
Auteurs:   (Salisb.) A.Fern.
Synoniemen:   Narcissus obvallaris Salisb., Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. lobularis

Narcissus pseudonarcissus=
Auteurs:   L.
Synoniem:   Narcissus lobularis

Confused? 

Armin - according to Blanchard a synonym for N.obvallaris Salisb is N. lobularius Schultes not N. lobularis. However Kew does not recognise the existence of the  name N. lobularius .

[Armin]

Thanks Gerry for the explanation of the fine difference!

David,
to take any (hidden) doubts away from you... 
Your plant is Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus.
Excellent for use in the garden.

[David Nicholson]

Armin, I just call it my nice looking little Daff.

[Regelian]

My first Nacissus opened with the last two days of sun.  Just Love It!    Spring is really here.  The fotos are only OK, but, in my jubilance, it's all the same to me.

Phalarope
Jetfire
jonquilla var henriquesii (from Anne)

[mark smyth]

I like the colour combination of Phalarope

here is Mitzy that has now changed from yellow to almost white

[annew]

Narcissus obesus x triand, thanks Anne

Way ahead of mine, Michael. Nice to see my babies enjoying their new homes!
Your Mitzy is very distinct from my Snipe, Mark. Very pretty.

[mark smyth]

Anne no pollen for you. They either have no pollen or shed their pollen during the recent bad weather

[WimB]

Some Narcissus are flowering here now:

the first one is Narcissus 'Tête à Tête'
the second one might be is 'Jetfire' (I'm not sure, though) (Thanks Jamie) and of the third one I don't remember the name is Narcissus 'Ice Follies' (Thanks Anne).

[Regelian]

Yeah, that's Jetfire for sure.  That last is in my garden, as well.  Forgot it's name, but it does occaisionally have a filled cup.  Along with Tête à Tête and Phalarope, these are the first to bloom with me every year.

[WimB]

Yeah, that's Jetfire for sure.  That last is in my garden, as well.  Forgot it's name, but it does occaisionally have a filled cup.  Along with Tête à Tête and Phalarope, these are the first to bloom with me every year.

Thanks for confirming the ID of Jetfire, Jamie.
The last one is always the first of the cultivars with large flowers to flower here.

[annew]

I think it might be Ice Follies.

[WimB]

I think it might be Ice Follies.

Anne,

I think your right. The name certainly rings a bell and it very much looks like that cultivar. Thanks for the determination.

[David Nicholson]

A couple of mine from today:-

Firstly Narcissus 'Jim Lad' from Anne's List. Maybe my example is a little etiolated, stem about 20cm high, as a result of being situated in a shady part of the greenhouse.

The second is N. fernandesii var. cordubenis from Tony Willis who, I think, grew it from seed he collected in Grazalema, Spain.

[annew]

Very nice, David. Jim Lad will get that tall in a greenhouse sometimes, especially if light levels are low. Ones outside in a trough are flowering at about 5cm high.

[David Nicholson]

Many thanks Anne, it really is a cracker. I'll leave it in the greenhouse for another year and then it will go in a choice spot in the garden.