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Bulbs => NARCISSUS => Topic started by: fermi de Sousa on October 04, 2014, 12:11:15 PM

Title: Narcissus October 2014
Post by: fermi de Sousa on October 04, 2014, 12:11:15 PM: A few late ones!
Late Finale 5 W-Y
Noelle 5 W-W
2x Pink Angel 7 W-WP
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Narcissus October 2014
Post by: ikizzeki on October 04, 2014, 04:40:37 PM: Thanks a lot Fermides, for sharing nice pics. We, north hemisphere daffodill lovers have to wait some more to see them..
Title: Re: Narcissus October 2014
Post by: fermi de Sousa on October 05, 2014, 12:26:39 PM: Hi Ikizzeki,
we're nearly at the end of our season, you can be showing us yours soon ;D
Here's the Narcissus bulbocodium I grew from sent by Cris Lobo in Portugal; 3 blooms so far with more to come,
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Narcissus October 2014
Post by: Matt T on October 08, 2014, 07:45:51 PM: Amazingly, this plant of Narcissus cantabricus foliosus was at the Discussion Weekend show. I believe it was tabled by Margaret & Henry Taylor.
Title: Re: Narcissus October 2014
Post by: Melvyn Jope on October 09, 2014, 07:56:09 PM: Narcissus miniatus grown from seed collected Ag.Sofia Crete
Title: Re: Narcissus October 2014
Post by: Gerdk on October 09, 2014, 08:02:13 PM: Well cultivated - seems to be a reliably flowering clone!

Melvyn - did the bulbs experience any hot and dry summer rest?

Gerd
Title: Re: Narcissus October 2014
Post by: Melvyn Jope on October 09, 2014, 08:03:52 PM: Yes Gerd, a long dry summer rest and not repotted for about ten years.
Title: Re: Narcissus October 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on October 09, 2014, 08:11:53 PM: Goodness, Melvyn,
I've only just recovered from Gerd's flowers - I'm green with envy.
Title: Re: Narcissus October 2014
Post by: Gerdk on October 10, 2014, 10:49:35 AM: Quote from: Melvyn Jope on October 09, 2014, 08:03:52 PM
Yes Gerd, a long dry summer rest and not repotted for about ten years.

Thank you Melvyn!

Ten years! Obviously this seem to work. Have to try this also. I became nervous when not repotting annually.

Gerd
Title: Re: Narcissus October 2014
Post by: Mini-daffs on October 11, 2014, 07:24:58 AM: ::)Hi
The last of our daffodils are flowering now. There are some nice 5Y-Y miniatures that I have not taken photos of and a few other jonquilla hybrids.
Title: Re: Narcissus October 2014
Post by: Mini-daffs on October 12, 2014, 11:02:05 AM: ::)
Hi
It is a very long season here these days thanks to Quickstep's children and a few other triandus seedlings.
Title: Re: Narcissus October 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on October 12, 2014, 11:05:25 AM: Your long season is giving pleasure here too, Graham.
Those last two pix are very pretty. Is the" very late triandrus hybrid" pure white or is there a hint of colour in the cup?
Title: Re: Narcissus October 2014
Post by: Mini-daffs on October 12, 2014, 11:16:55 AM: Hi
Maggie, it is exceptionally white with no hint of colour. I am not sure what I would have used to get single headed triandus so late in the season. There are some triandus hybrids that are bred from Quickstep that are just beginning to flower but they have at least 2 florets. Some of the late flowering may in some cases be due to late planting out but for most of them it is simply a case of very late flowers being crossed with each other.
The pink rimmed flower is a very nice flower and is almost certainly bred from late flowering cultivar as that colour pink only occurs here very very late in the season.