Spring Narcissus 2014

[mark smyth]

Matt the tallest is 11cm to the top of the scape. A third or half of bulbs may be chipped this year

[Gerry Webster]

Narcissus hedraeanthus subsp./var. luteolentus       

This name is accepted by Blanchard but not by Kew who recognise only N. hedraeanthus. However it seems, at least horticulturally, distinct &  I find it is much more willing to flower than plants I have as N. hedraeanthus.

A gift from Anne Wright  ex Rannveig Wallis   

[Matt T]

Matt the tallest is 11cm to the top of the scape. A third or half of bulbs may be chipped this year

Really quite dinky then! The greenish tube is very nice.

DaffSeek says it's N. nanus x N. cyclamineus (and using one of your photos): http://daffseek.org/query/query-detail.php?cultivar=Fairy%20Gold&lastpage=1&

Good luck with the chipping. 

[David Nicholson]

I don't know the parents and unfortunately the breeder is no longer alive. I will go outside and measure it

http://daffseek.org/query/query-detail.php?cultivar=Fairy%20Gold&lastpage=1&

Whoops, three minutes too late

[mark smyth]

I used to have so many - dreaded Narcissus fly. 2009 was a good year

Narcissus Fairy Gold

[Rafa]

Gerry, I am not agree with Flora Iberica and KEW concerning this species. For most of us, in Spain, this is the plant that mainly grows in Despeņaperros called Narcissus blancoi. My hypothesis is that it was originated by N. hedraeanthus and the big N. cantabricus that grows south Spain.

Also N. longispathus is no longer accepted. 

[Tony Willis]

Also N. longispathus is no longer accepted. 

Rafa, yes I know this but then this applies to the names of most of my plants-narcissus,crocus,orchids,cyclamen,fritillaria...... but by the time I change the labels they will have been called something else. I just wait for them to come back around again when the lumpers are back in ascendency.The plants stay the same but the botanists come and go.

[David Nicholson]

Rafa, yes I know this but then this applies to the names of most of my plants-narcissus,crocus,orchids,cyclamen,fritillaria...... but by the time I change the labels they will have been called something else. I just wait for them to come back around again when the lumpers are back in ascendency.The plants stay the same but the botanists come and go.

Agreed, and seconded

[annew]

So many beauties there Anne.

In particular I like the leftmost one of the Candlepower x K1 set.  Is it pure white or cream?
Please add my name to the list for when you bulk it up

Ashley, that's my current favourite for my daughter.

[annew]

Some species in flower

narcissus bulbocodium
Narcissus  cordubensis
Narcissus longiscapus
Narcissus cantabricus ssp monphyllus

Nice to see the species, Tony. I don't grow Narcissus cantabricus ssp monphyllus, but isn't it supposed to have only one leaf? Or was the botanist just impatient?

[annew]

Mark, Fairy Gold looks great in your trough. Mitzy/i is my current favourite garden daff. Current favourites are as changeable as the weather as new beauties flower...

[Gerry Webster]

Gerry, I am not agree with Flora Iberica and KEW concerning this species. For most of us, in Spain, this is the plant that mainly grows in Despeņaperros called Narcissus blancoi. My hypothesis is that it was originated by N. hedraeanthus and the big N. cantabricus that grows south Spain.

Thanks Rafa. I wonder how long the name N. blancoi will last?

[Matt T]

...Narcissus cantabricus ssp monphyllus ... isn't it supposed to have only one leaf?

Mine has two. Apparently it's not unusual. A case of misleading nomenclature though!

[Matt T]

I used to have so many - dreaded Narcissus fly. 2009 was a good year

Anne is right, they do look good. 2009 was a good year for Fairy Gold and not Narcissus fly I hope?! Luckily I have escaped the wee blighters so far. I presume we'd get them here...must look into that...

[YT]

Thank you for uploading fabulous pictures, Anne

Tony, that is a good monophyllus

Mark, do you breed new miniature daffs using with your collection?
 
I didn’t know N. hedraeanthus is such a various species with narrow to fully open mouthed flowers, Gerry