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Gerry Webster

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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2011, 05:40:35 PM »
Thanks Hans. I guess you grow these outside!
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #16 on: January 06, 2011, 02:55:21 PM »
If lovers of Crocus are Croconuts & lovers of Galanthus are Galanthophiles, perhaps lovers of Narcissus should be Narcissists?
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #17 on: January 06, 2011, 03:02:10 PM »
I agree, Gerry.... the difficulty lies in getting them to come away from the mirror and admit to it! ::)
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #18 on: January 06, 2011, 03:46:28 PM »
 ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #19 on: January 06, 2011, 06:34:18 PM »
I took this picture on 2 January of N cantabricus x romieuxii ?not sure if this is correct,I have to admit to a small fan heater in my greenhouse,I switch on if the forcast is lower than minus 3 even so the water in the can froze to quarter of an inch thick on the coldest  of the days. 

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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #20 on: January 06, 2011, 07:09:37 PM »
I'm guessing that will be Narcissus 'Camoro' - mine is just a little behind yours.
Personally, I am happy to be a daffanatic  :P
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #21 on: January 06, 2011, 08:31:00 PM »
I agree, Gerry.... the difficulty lies in getting them to come away from the mirror and admit to it! ::)
And didn't he fall in love with his mother as well?

Yes, I prefer daffanatic, many of whom are daffantastic. :D
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #22 on: January 07, 2011, 12:53:27 AM »
I agree, Gerry.... the difficulty lies in getting them to come away from the mirror and admit to it! ::)
And didn't he fall in love with his mother as well?

Yes, I prefer daffanatic, many of whom are daffantastic. :D
or just Dafft? ;D ;D ;D
Lesley, check out the thread on "plants named after Greek gods, etc" for the info on Narciss - you may be thinking of Oedipus! ("Oedipus-Smedipus can't you see how much he loves his mother!")
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #23 on: January 07, 2011, 01:04:59 AM »
Daffy Ducks.
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #24 on: January 07, 2011, 05:03:20 PM »
Anne will your N. Camoro be at the Loughborough event in four weeks time I remember you had a few pots of bulbs there last year.

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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #25 on: January 07, 2011, 06:46:00 PM »
N. hedraeanthus
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #26 on: January 07, 2011, 07:28:13 PM »
N. hedraeanthus

I suspect not Arnold. Perhaps a form of N. romieuxii?
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #27 on: January 07, 2011, 07:56:30 PM »
Looks like I had a mislabeled bulb.

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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #28 on: January 07, 2011, 10:18:46 PM »
Tony, I hope so. Arnold, I think your little white one is a rather nice cantabricus, going by the white style.
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #29 on: January 07, 2011, 10:21:54 PM »
A friend sent me a large box of twenty five or so miniature Narcissus.  I was madly opening small paper bags and labeling and potting
Who knows what other errors there are.
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