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Title: Unidentified explosion
Post by: Ross Barbour on March 13, 2014, 10:25:18 PM: I have this growing in the garden and am very curious as to what it might be. I think it is from division 11. Its quite large.
Title: Re: Unidentified explosion
Post by: Maggi Young on March 13, 2014, 11:20:17 PM: Looks familar, Ross - though I'm struggling.....
some thoughts:

'Dick Wilden' is similar.... http://www.rvroger.co.uk/imglib/narcissus_dick_wilden.jpg (http://www.rvroger.co.uk/imglib/narcissus_dick_wilden.jpg)

green/virussed 'Irene Copeland' http://www.flickr.com/photos/chanwu/2449761193/# (http://www.flickr.com/photos/chanwu/2449761193/#) - heading the way of yours. :>)

You can see a more usual 'Irene Copeland' on this page : http://croft16daffodils.co.uk/products-page/division-4-double-daffodils-of-garden-origin/ (http://croft16daffodils.co.uk/products-page/division-4-double-daffodils-of-garden-origin/) but it's a two-tone white /yellow, of course.
On that same page, see also the old hybrid " Butter and eggs' - but again yours is more a yellow/yellow..... :-\
Title: Re: Unidentified explosion
Post by: Maggi Young on March 13, 2014, 11:22:40 PM: 'Argent ' is another similar form - wrong colour again .......
Title: Re: Unidentified explosion
Post by: Maggi Young on March 13, 2014, 11:29:11 PM: Might it be a double Narcissus obvallaris - usually it is not so split but I found this page which shows how it can really split wildly.....
http://goweros.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/derwydd-daffodil.html (http://goweros.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/derwydd-daffodil.html)
Title: Re: Unidentified explosion
Post by: fermi de Sousa on March 14, 2014, 07:25:38 AM: It looks to me like our old friend, 'Van Sion' - Telamonius Plenus
http://daffseek.org/query/query-detail.php?cultivar=Telamonius%20Plenus&lastpage=1&which=hist1 (http://daffseek.org/query/query-detail.php?cultivar=Telamonius%20Plenus&lastpage=1&which=hist1)
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Unidentified explosion
Post by: Maggi Young on March 14, 2014, 11:34:02 AM: Quote from: fermides on March 14, 2014, 07:25:38 AM
It looks to me like our old friend, 'Van Sion' - Telamonius Plenus
http://daffseek.org/query/query-detail.php?cultivar=Telamonius%20Plenus&lastpage=1&which=hist1 (http://daffseek.org/query/query-detail.php?cultivar=Telamonius%20Plenus&lastpage=1&which=hist1)
cheers
fermi
Could be , fermi - but that's a daff which seems to be so hugely variable that it's tough to pin down. I thought it "mostly" had a tendency to be more regular, symmetrical ?
Title: Re: Unidentified explosion
Post by: fermi de Sousa on March 15, 2014, 06:54:41 AM: Maggi,
I think it "mostly" has a tendency to be variable ;D
One of the first doubles I ever saw and so it still has a place in my heart,
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Unidentified explosion
Post by: Gerry Webster on March 15, 2014, 03:02:50 PM: Quote from: Ross Barbour on March 13, 2014, 10:25:18 PM
I have this growing in the garden and am very curious as to what it might be. I think it is from division 11. Its quite large.

Quite a number of truly horrible daffodils have appeared in these pages, so the competition is fierce. Nevertheless, this easily takes first prize.
Title: Re: Unidentified explosion
Post by: Lesley Cox on March 16, 2014, 10:00:14 PM: Well said Gerry. ;D
Title: Re: Unidentified explosion
Post by: Ross Barbour on March 17, 2014, 08:08:55 PM: How very dare you Gerry, I have some more that would beat this one and I may well just post them so I can imagine your horrified face. Tee hee hee ;D