My best N. x litigiosus/ susannae (N. cantabricus x N. triandrus pallidulus) with about seven % pollen fertility. Theo
Narcissus x litigiosus
Category: Fertility
The fertility of species and named daffodils.
Crosses of tetraploid species with each other or with tetraploid standard daffodils
Most crosses of standard daffodils with diploid species and crosses between diploid species are infertile. If tetraploid species are used the descendants are fertile. Some more information you find within the pdf-text Crosses of tetraploid species with each other or with…
Narcissus cantabricus crosses
These two miniature daffodils are flowering in the greenhouse. The seedlings of both crosses often generate unreduced pollen. I shall try the first one out of doors this year but am not very optimistic that it will do well.…
First Narcissus for 2017
My first Narcissus is blooming for 2017 after my Autumn bloomers have finished. This is Narcissus cantabricus var. foliosus: My next species will be Narcissus psuedonarcissus. I believe I have successfully crossed Cantabricus with tazetta inbal because seed pods are…
Fertile triandrus hybrids
In Daffnet (November 7, 2016) Graham Fleming wrote that he got seeds from combining several of his triandrus hybrids with a special triandrus variety (NTT) with one chromosome set of the standard daffodils (N) and two of N. triandrus (T).…
Different seedlings of N. x xanthochlorus (N. cavanillesii x N. viridiflorus) are flowering
The seedlings of N. x xanthochlorus should be fertile because they are allotetraploid. But some generate no viable pollen. Successful crosses with Maria Pia as the pollen parent were made. Theo