11b is the norm

Less than 10 of about 220 splits named in the last 12 years are 11b yet 11b appears to be the normal configuration for lobing and splitting.

This became an area of interest for me when the strange split 98/3MT flowered.

 

Observation since that time has repeatedly confirmed that 11b is typical. N. viridiflorus, serotinus, miniatus, some forms of jonquilla ( N. fernandesii cordubensis), rupicola and hispanicus subsp. bujei can an all be seen to split 11b on Daffseek.

Is the miniature 08/19J (a cross been split rupicola and cordubensis) a true 11b?

N. triandrus lobes 11b.

Bubocodiums typically split 11b and I have just one unusual example of an 11a.

When tazettas misbehave as in this paperwhite broussonetii hybrid they tend to do so 11b.

A quick inspection of recent registrations of split 3W-R’s, Spin Doctor, Fireonice and Lucy Scarlet, shows them all to be split 11b. This suggests that if anyone was minded to breed 11b’s they would not have any shortage of material.

As a last illustration, when cyclamineus produces major splits these too are 11b.

 

5 comments for “11b is the norm

  1. Hi Lawrence,

    Aren’t Div. 11 flowers meant to have a corona that is usually split for more than half its length?  I would call several of your illustrations scalloped rather than split.  The triandrus, bulbocodium hybrid, and cyclamineus surely, and possibly the tazetta hybrid.

  2. Apologies Mary Lou,
    I was trying to make the point, not that these flowers are classifiable as division 11, but that their splits are aligned in the manner of an 11b rather than an 11a.

    I’ve edited the original post (and this here reply). I hope it is now clearer.

  3. Hi Lawrence:

    I had wondered what happened if Paperwhite and N. broussonetii were crossed. Thanks for the pictures. If these are division 11s depends how deep the scalloping goes!

    Harold

  4. Hi Harold,
    The paperwhite broussonetii cross is Bill Welch’s either because he sent me seed or pollen.
    N. broussonetii is the most frost sensitive daffodil I know and I have never flowered it. This year, presumably because of the mild summer, it didn’t even sprout – the bulbs are still okay-ish though. I have found it to be quite sterile but I think Bill has progeny from it. It doesn’t split well or reliably, it’s undoubtedly a fault, my only point was that it is an 11b configuration when it does. I have other colored tazettas and paperwhites that do this sort of thing but apparently I tend not to photograph them.
    Now that I have summoned the courage to learn something new I will post some photos of yours and Bill’s flowers. This new format is a great innovation. Thanks, as always, to Ben and Nancy.

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