Winter Narcissus

[Lesley Cox]

I find the scent of the romieuxii forms overpowering and quite cloying, in some forms, to the extent I've put the vases with them in, outside.

[Gerry Webster]

I've never noticed any scent on forms of N. romieuxii but, like David, I spent too much of my life smoking. I'll have a sniff tomorrow. The best scent I know is that of N. calcicola but most jonquils smell nice.

[Lesley Cox]

I find the most powerfully scented is 'Atlas Gold,' another from the Archibald 805 collection. A pot of that with, say, 50 flowers will knock you over, but then, I never smoked a thing in my life, except an occasional trout when I was younger.

[ArnoldT]

Lesley:

Which end did you light?

[David Nicholson]

 

[Gerry Webster]

I find the most powerfully scented is 'Atlas Gold,' another from the Archibald 805 collection. A pot of that with, say, 50 flowers will know you over, but then, I never smoked a thing in my life, except an occasional trout when I was younger.

My 'Atlas Gold' are not yet in flower but this morning I sniffed those forms of N. romieuxii which are. No scent to speak of.

[Mark Griffiths]

I have N. r. rifanus which is strongly scented - it's not out yet but it will be fairly soon I think.

[Lesley Cox]

The head end Arnold, as the tail end was easier to hold between the fingers. I can't advise smoking a salmon though. They can be 18 kilograms in weight here, and jolly hard to hold any way at all. And the scales are so big, I don't like them in my mouth.

[Rafa]

Narcissus cantabricus guardian 

[Juan Fornes]

Beautiful Rafa! You must be having mild temperatures if Buthus is not wintering!

[Rafa]

This morning I visited a Narcissus cantabricus location that I've searched during years, not successful again this time... It is very important to me as it is the only place known in the Planet where N. nivalis Graells and N. cantabricus DC. are growing together making hybrids (N. x neocarpetanus F. Casas. So frustrated... I decided to check another location not far from the other. It wasn't in bloom and it frozen this morning -3º. I retired a stone to see the buds from N. cantabricus and BINGO, this beautiful Scorpion was sleeping. After make some pictures I cover it with the same stone, in his beautiful house!.

[annew]

Ha! Perhaps I should find one to keep my captive narcissi company!

[Gerry Webster]

Narcissus romieuxii ssp. albidus var. zaianicus x cantabricus

From a collection by Mike Salmon  & Mark Fillan (SF 165).  Morocco, Zaian Mts, nr. Aguelmouss.

A gift from Luc Gilgemyn

[Rafa]

Ha! Perhaps I should find one to keep my captive narcissi company!

...specially to keep these little and friendly narcissus hybrids you gorw!

Gerry I have in bloom the same plant from Mike collection, very interesting one...

[Rafa]

two pics, Narcissus bulbocodium subsp. validus and Narcissus cantabricus.
This subsp. validus is also not clear to many people. For Flora Iberica is just N. bullbocodium L., for other botanist is N. turgidus Salisb. and for others ,subsp. validus.

To me is absolutely different from N. bulbocodium L, but concerning the correct name I can't say nothing about it. I collected as subsp. validus.