Category: Seeds

Fertility Update – Div. 6 #2

Lawrence’s excellent post on Div. 6 fertility was much enjoyed. Loved many of the photos. Some truly wonderful flowers in those photos! Well done Lawrence!!! I am surprised that so many of the World Class Div. 6’s from Grant Mitsch…

Fertility update – Div. 6

Registered in 1976 Rapture has proven to be a great and enduring flower in div. 6, yet Daffseek lists no descendants from it. The non-miniature div. 6’s are typically a cross between a tetraploid main division flowers and diploid cyclamineus…

Narcissus cavanillesii

N. cavanillesii flowered at October 26, 2013 near El Palmar. I got seeds from pollinating it in 2010 and 2012 with N. assoanus, and allotetraploid jonquilla-  and viridiflorus hybrids. In Daffseek I found no descendants. I am interested to know if other…

Melissa – I found it.

Melissa I think I found  the term you were looking for  that started omb….  It is most likely obturator [  plant anatomy term ]? Defined as 1) an outgrowth of the funicle, that forms a bridge between the micropyle and other tissues. 2)Part of…

Fertility Update – Div. 5

There is no clear answer as to which hybrids best exemplify the characteristics of triandrus in standard sized daffodils. There seems to be a move away from hybrids with main division flowers (such as Ice Wings) to hybrids between triandrus…

Bulbocodium mid season 2

Hi All, Things seem pretty quiet so I hope no one will mind if I add some more photos. It is bulbocodium heaven here at the moment. The ADS is partly responsible for this because the invitation a couple of…