Narcissus Early 2007 ( to February)

[Maggi Young]

I believe N. 'Cedric Morris' has the longest lasting flowers of the genus. Actually probably the longest lasting of most genera, even beating some orchids. If ever a bulb were worth the purchase price, this is it!

[John Forrest]

Only just catching up with my forum watching. Great shots Rafa.

[ian mcenery]

Yes Maggi and this one came from a good home!!!

[Maggi Young]

Getaway! Did it really? I can see it has gone to one! M

[annew]

At last! Sorry for the wait folks, here they are - impressive eh? I think they come under 'curiosity value', though they might be OK for a trough. For scale, the label in the pot is about 1cm wide. It's a shame they took their mother's stature, I hoped they would be more upright. The next one I'm waiting for is a cross between a very large N. obesus and N. watieri, so get your imagination working on that one!

[Maggi Young]

Hurrah! Lovely babies, safely delivered! Not identical twins, I see. Such joy in raising from seed!

[Anthony Darby]

I think it is lovely. I have just tried the reverse cross (hedraeanthus pollen on cyclamineus). Anyone else experience of this one?

[annew]

Hmmm, that sounds interesting. I'll bate my breath for 3 or 4 years for that one. How do you bate your breath anyway?

[mark smyth]

looks like there may be seeds setting but the most annoying thing is phantom pregnancies

Very nice Ann and perfect for a trough.

I have to stop it but I sneaked home again today. One day my boss will be lying in wait one sunny day. I had to do it and I'm sure you will all agree because it was a cloudless sky and 12C - ohhh the scent I can recall it now - Daphnes, Crocus, Galanthus and Eranthis all wide open

In the garden the trumpets are popping up fast - asturiensis, eysettensis, 'Mitzi', 'Gypsy Queen', yes Ann they are there, 'Navarre, and 'Candlepower'

'Sidora' not as sharp as i would have liked

and asturiensis ex Brian Duncan ex Picos de Europa in Ian Y's bulb house. I have it too so it will save the wait for mine. Maybe Maggi will add the collection area

[David Nicholson]

Mark, cloudless sky? You should be so lucky-rain here until lunchtime followed by a dry but grey and grizzly two hours followed by heavy drizzle and mist coming down so that I could scarcely see across the road

[Maggi Young]

Mark if by this "looks like there may be seeds setting but the most annoying thing is phantom pregnancies" you mean the promising swelling on the N. Cedric Morris', then a phantom is almost certainly what this is. Our Cedrics have their ovaries swell to hugely impressive size every year and we have never yet had a single seed out of them. And I do mean not a seed, not just, "not a viable seed"... nothing, zilch, nada!  We think that it because of this sterility that the flowers last so long, although there is a trigger for the ovary to swell, it is not making seed so there is no trigger to tell the flower that its job is done and so fade the flower.

Anne's 'Sidora' is very sweet, I do agree.

The very petite N. asturiensis ex BD, is from the Picos de Europa. The stem is about 7cm, the spread of the flower, tip to tip about 3cm and the length of the trumpet about 2cms.

[John Forrest]

Nice daffs Mark. Still waiting for mine to Pop!!

[mark smyth]

John, all my asturiensis in the glass house are now open

Here are a couple more to keep the Narcissus people happy
'Candlepower' - not the best photo
'Mitzi
'Small Fry - standing 13cm 5" but with a big trumper

[annew]

Yum! 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Great Narcissus everyone - leve the asturiensis in particular.

Here's my small clump of Narcissus asturiensis - growing in the garden and opened up a week ago or so.
It goes back some ten years or so, undisturbed and some are quite a bit higher than their brothers and sisters.
The smaller ones on the left or hardly 3 to 5 cm high - the ones to the right some 10-12 cm.