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Anthony Darby

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August Narcissus 2012
« on: August 04, 2012, 04:01:21 AM »
Here's "Polly's Pearl" flowering outside the north facing front window, where it gets full sun. The French marigolds are self-sown seedlings from last summer's bedding.
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Re: August Narcissus 2012
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2012, 04:34:46 PM »
Lovely clump, Anthony. I can just imagine the fragrance. I was lucky enough to get a couple of bulbs from Bill D. and they have just finished flowering.
I love that the fragrance is as good as on N. papyraceus but perhaps a little less heavy. I know that some folks find those scents rather overpowering but Polly's Pearl would be a better choice for them.
Not too tall and well able to stand up on its own too, which is more than you can say for a lot of those types.
I really like this plant.  8)
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Re: August Narcissus 2012
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2012, 02:57:31 AM »
My sense of smell barely registers any fragrance. ??? I suppose I've inherited my Dad's sense of smell? :-\
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Re: August Narcissus 2012
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2012, 08:09:32 AM »
This is the first flower on one of Keira Bulbs' cyclamenius hybrids
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Re: August Narcissus 2012
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2012, 01:02:09 PM »
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Nice to see our seedlings doing well for you Fermi.
A few more photos. I have had a bad editing day. Either too small or too large so you will have to wait until I re-edit to see more.
The 6W-P is a real triumph. It is a miniature that opens pink and holds it pink.
It has continued to be very cold in Canberra. We have had a lot of days with a minimum of less than -4 C this year. We usually get a few but this year it is a lot. However, the daffodils are flowering well despite the cold.
Cockatoos and currawongs are attacking our daffodils again!!
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Graham in cold windy and wet Canberra
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Re: August Narcissus 2012
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2012, 02:50:25 PM »
I love the third one, Graham, especially.
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Re: August Narcissus 2012
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2012, 08:27:51 AM »
Here's another of Keira Bulb's 6YY hybrids - a real gem!
And an old favourite, GBF's 'Mitimoto',
and finally a clump of 'Jumblie'

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Re: August Narcissus 2012
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2012, 11:09:40 AM »
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Weather here continues to be cold, wet and windy.
Part 1 for the night.\
Graham
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Re: August Narcissus 2012
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2012, 11:16:20 AM »
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Some nice seedlings out at the moment. Main problem is taking good photos of micro minis.
Part 2
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Re: August Narcissus 2012
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2012, 10:22:44 AM »
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A few more photos - Part 1
Some of these photos are the containers rotated so more of the flowers can be seen properly.
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Re: August Narcissus 2012
« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2012, 10:26:33 AM »
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Part 2.
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Re: August Narcissus 2012
« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2012, 10:36:11 AM »
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Part 3. A few split cups for the Dunedin lover of split cups!!
There is a nice hybrid in the N. cordubensis pot.
Kind regards
Graham
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Re: August Narcissus 2012
« Reply #12 on: August 27, 2012, 12:11:01 AM »
Thank you Graham for continuing to supply me with something to make rude faces at. ;D
Interestingly, there seem to be a few about of those seedlings with 8 sepals, as in yours above. There was one posted here somewhere a week or two ago I think and I had one appear in a pot myself a couple of years ago but since, it has had just the 6 sepals, so maybe an abberation caused by conditions.
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Re: August Narcissus 2012
« Reply #13 on: August 27, 2012, 10:43:41 AM »
 Yes, there do seem to be quite a few examples around with extra petals - personally I do not find these nearly so displeasing as those with filled cups   :-X
This was a cute example from Doug in NZ :http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9417.msg254060#msg254060

Se some Daffnet comments :http://daffnet.org/?p=87698#comment-14343

As has been mentioned in Daffnet, it is rather odd that extra petals are not accepted in exhibition daffs while  the crammed cups of the doubles are acceptable.

On the subject of Daffnet, our friends there tell us that they are  implementing some changes to their web presence to open up things to a wider audience- good news and the SRGC WebTeam wish them all the best!  8)

Oops! Should have given the address http://daffnet.org/
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Re: August Narcissus 2012
« Reply #14 on: August 27, 2012, 11:27:16 AM »
Nancy Tackett and Ben Blake of Daffnet  tell us :  (we have worked to) ........" transition Daffnet from an email forum to a web forum. Daffnet.org is live today and you can see it at http://daffnet.org/.  We loaded this forum with Daffnet archives dating back to 2003."

See http://daffnet.org/?p=99377
« Last Edit: August 27, 2012, 11:58:18 AM by Maggi Young »
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