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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #105 on: January 16, 2011, 09:32:48 PM »
Michael, some lovely flowers there - now the hard bit, deciding which to keep! (unless you have extra greenhouse space in a parallel universe...)
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #106 on: January 17, 2011, 08:11:47 AM »
Michael, some lovely flowers there - now the hard bit, deciding which to keep! (unless you have extra greenhouse space in a parallel universe...)

I definitely agree. It is one of the most difficult things to select a few particular plants among seedlings.
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #107 on: January 17, 2011, 08:13:21 AM »
N. romieuxii subsp. albidus var. zaianicus MS. 168 has flowered. It blooms 1 month later and puts far less flowers than usual :(
« Last Edit: January 17, 2011, 08:44:57 AM by YT »
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #108 on: January 17, 2011, 04:54:28 PM »
Aren't they lovely little things YT.

Mine are coming thick and fast now, here's
Narcissus romieuxii ex JCA 805 'Julia Jane'
N. bulbocodium var. genuinus
N. bulbocodium Morocco Form x bulbocodium nivalis, one of Brian Duncan's
N. cantabricus var. foliosus

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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #109 on: January 17, 2011, 07:00:23 PM »
David:

Very nice, brightens up the day.
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #110 on: January 17, 2011, 08:37:31 PM »
Thanks Arnold. It was a grey and grizzly all day today but I felt happy (well almost ;D ) in the greenhouse.
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #111 on: January 17, 2011, 08:50:34 PM »
All loveley, David !  :D.... and the real, genuine Julia Jane !!  :D
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #112 on: January 17, 2011, 09:03:48 PM »
Well mmmmmmmm Luc. That's what I bought my original bulb as, from Miniature Bulbs in 2008. But you never know do you!!
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #113 on: January 17, 2011, 10:52:33 PM »
All loveley, David !  :D.... and the real, genuine Julia Jane !!  :D

Probably not Luc. Ex possibly. To the best of my knowledge,the only person on the forum who has the genuine article (from Rannveig Wallis) is annew.
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #114 on: January 18, 2011, 01:03:51 AM »

David:

Can you tell me about the scent of these miniature Narcissus.  I brought one into the house and there was a faint scent.
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #115 on: January 18, 2011, 07:38:01 AM »
Well, it's not far off, David. You do well to put 'ex' before it, though. I think they were seedlings. My JJ isn't out yet.
Arnold - a lot of them are scented, especially if brought into a warm place, some quite strongly. Sometimes, taking a lot of pots to a show in sunny weather, the scent can be quite overpowering.
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #116 on: January 18, 2011, 02:26:14 PM »
All loveley, David !  :D.... and the real, genuine Julia Jane !!  :D

Probably not Luc. Ex possibly. To the best of my knowledge,the only person on the forum who has the genuine article (from Rannveig Wallis) is annew.

I was wrong. Rob Potterton also appears to have the real thing which he states is vegetatively derived from original bulbs supplied by Jim Archibald in 1971.  See here:

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2870.msg70619#msg70619

The corona of Rob’s  plants appears identical  in shape to those grown by  Anne whose plants are here:

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=245.msg4949#msg4949

My own plants from Pottertons are just coming into flower. When the coronas have fully expanded I’ll post a photo.
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #117 on: January 18, 2011, 03:23:02 PM »
Narcissus romieuxii subsp. albidus var. zaianicus

According to Jim Archibald: “Wild seed produced an amazing range of forms like the Ifrane N. romieuxii populations [JCA 805]. The name is not worth much....”

This form,  with ascending flowers which keep their colour well, was selected by Rannveig Wallis.
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #118 on: January 18, 2011, 03:26:32 PM »

David:

Can you tell me about the scent of these miniature Narcissus.  I brought one into the house and there was a faint scent.

Arnold, I think I'm a bit olafactorily challenged, too many cigarettes in my younger days perhaps, the only one I get a real scent from is N. fernandesii var. cordubensis. I'll get Maureen to run her nose over them, her nose seems to be first class as she often tells me off for having a crafty smoke in the garage ;D
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #119 on: January 18, 2011, 03:34:14 PM »
A very nice one Gerry !!!
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