Day: January 9, 2010

N. lusitanicus

Several people have asked me about the name I use. Alvarez and Fernandez Casas raised this plant to species level and applied the name lusitanicus a few years ago (2000). Before that it was called N. triandrus var. aurantiacus or…

Extra Early Flower

Here  is one of the first N. lusitanicus hybrids to flower this year. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it opened as a 5G-G and then developed into an orange-red. It takes about 3 days to develop the final…

Donations for the ADS Auction

Dear Daffnetters, It is that time of year when the ADS First Vice President is asked to solicit bulbs/items for the ADS auction to take place at the upcoming convention.  It seems hard to belief that we are only two…

Fertility of N. x alleniae

In 2007, 2008 and 2009 I saw 21 clones of different N. x alleniae ( N. miniatus x N. viridiflorus ) near Conil in Southern Spain. I had my facility for testing pollen with me and found out, that 13 clones…

Pollen in the freezer

The pollen in the pictures is from N. bulbocodium, Emerald Sea, N. assoanus and N. fernandesii.It was in the freezer since 2006. It is to be seen, that many polllen grains sprout and therefore can be used for successful pollination.…