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Darren

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I thought those of us who were lucky enough to get bulbs from the very generous donation from this collection sold off at the 2009 SRGC Discussion Weekend might like to share them here as a further thank you to the donor, Mr Cees Breed, and to Luit & Vroni for bringing them over.

I'll start off with Marzo and Sailboat

« Last Edit: March 29, 2010, 08:08:38 PM by Darren »
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Re: Connoisseurs Collection Daffs from the 2009 Discussion Weekend
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2010, 08:05:17 PM »
That's a lovely idea, Darren.... I'll do the same as mine begin to flower.
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Re: Connoisseurs Collection Daffs from the 2009 Discussion Weekend
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2010, 09:52:58 PM »
Darren, glad to see that our sponsoring is fruiting  :D.

Looking out for seeing more from other forumists  8)
Luit van Delft, right in the heart of the beautiful flowerbulb district, Noordwijkerhout, Holland.

Sadly Luit died on 14th October 2016 - happily we can still enjoy his posts to the Forum

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Re: Connoisseurs Collection Daffs from the 2009 Discussion Weekend
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2010, 10:59:23 PM »
Looking forward to it!
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Re: Connoisseurs Collection Daffs from the 2009 Discussion Weekend
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2010, 07:48:21 PM »
This is 'Cernuus'. Rather nice, we had not heard of it and can find no reference to it either.

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Re: Connoisseurs Collection Daffs from the 2009 Discussion Weekend
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2010, 10:36:21 PM »
Hi Darren - see http://daffseek.org/query/query-detail.php?value1=Cernuus%20Pulcher&lastpage=1&which=hist1
It's very nice, rather like N. pallidiflorus.
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Re: Connoisseurs Collection Daffs from the 2009 Discussion Weekend
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2010, 11:06:39 PM »
Great site, Ann.  Have bookmarked it.
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Re: Connoisseurs Collection Daffs from the 2009 Discussion Weekend
« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2010, 11:28:54 PM »
Great idea Darren, as at the time I was curious to know what the bulbs were that were so kindly donated - now we can share in the delights of discovery - and I find that 'Sailboat' is my cup of tea  8)
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Re: Connoisseurs Collection Daffs from the 2009 Discussion Weekend
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2010, 10:43:34 AM »
Darren,

Somewhere I found a reference to N. cernuus as though the name should be N. moschantus 'Cernuus Plenus' but I'm not sure whether that is correct, I think it was in a Narcissus book I borrowed from our SRGC library.

Anyway, here are the ones I've flowered so far:
N. 'Gipsy Queen'
N. moschantus 'Cernuus Plenus' ?
N. 'Segovia'
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Re: Connoisseurs Collection Daffs from the 2009 Discussion Weekend
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2010, 01:47:22 PM »
Thanks Anne - I've not looked at Daffseek before - it is rather good!

Thanks for posting your pics and joining in Chris.

Darren Sleep. Nr Lancaster UK.

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Re: Connoisseurs Collection Daffs from the 2009 Discussion Weekend
« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2010, 07:46:54 PM »
Daffseek is a very useful site and highly recommended. Chris, N. moschantus 'Cernuus Plenus' is the double version.
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Re: Connoisseurs Collection Daffs from the 2009 Discussion Weekend
« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2010, 09:41:23 PM »
Thanks Ann, thought as much, so I'll change the name back.  Seems the narcissus have a lot of nomenclature problems.  Daffseek is very useful in this regard.
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Re: Connoisseurs Collection Daffs from the 2009 Discussion Weekend
« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2010, 10:03:24 PM »
My first to flower 'The Little Gentleman'.  'Waif is nearly there but 'Kathy's Clown' is not going to flower this year.
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Re: Connoisseurs Collection Daffs from the 2009 Discussion Weekend
« Reply #13 on: April 16, 2010, 12:47:38 PM »
That is a nice one, Roma. How tall does it grow?
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Re: Connoisseurs Collection Daffs from the 2009 Discussion Weekend
« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2010, 03:53:03 PM »
I have been rather disappointed in one of my purchases.  I bought one called Golden Bells which said it was a 7YY but after some fruitless research and some emails with Luit it turned out to be a bulbocodium and not a particulalry inspiring one.  it is very tall and narrow.

I am hoping for better things from a pot of N. flycatcher that should be out next week.
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