Category: Breeding

Contains information and advice about hybridizing as well as photos of seedlings.

Possibility of intergeneric hybrids.

Reading about ×Howardara (a complex trigeneric hybrid involving species from Hippeastrum, Sprekelia, and Zephyranthes), as well as other intergeneric hybrids from the Amaryllidaceae, such as ×Amarcrinum, I was wondering about the possibility of intergeneric hybrids involving Narcissus. Has anyone tried this…

The fertility of NNNX daffodil varieties

The existing NNNX varieties you find in the table of the pdf file The fertility of nnnx daffodil varieties .More should be generated by hybridizers. Many of these plants are fertile and can be used for further interesting crosses. Theo

Just an idea

Inspired by the insect Xylocopa violacea, I have had the idea of makeing a little window in the perianth tube to access the stigma without touching the anthers or cuttig the flower in half. This could be interesting in this…

Daffodils on Instagram

Hello! For those of you on Instagram and for those of you who enjoy daffodil photos, please check out my PHS Daffodils account, www.instagram.com/phsdaffodils Photos are uploaded (almost) daily of unique varieties spanning the divisions, including my visits to the…