At October 15, 2009 Harold sent a photo to Daffnet of a flower from a cross ‘N. cavanillesii x N. viridiflorus’. He made this cross in 2003. In this year I did the same. Ten years later I got…
Narcissus x xanthochlorus
Category: Science
This category is about the biology of daffodils and narcissus.
Fertility update – Div.7
The foundational fertile jonquil/main division hybrids are, of course, Limequilla Hillstar and Quickstep (and perhaps Gertrude Nethercote). The key problem is how to reliably introduce the genetics of the best main division hybrids into this group. It is now clear…
Miniatus vs serotinus
Brian: The two are quite easy to distinguish. But first, N. obsoletus is the correct name for what we call N. elegans and has precedence. We will discuss that in the Autumn Flowering Daffodils book when it eventually comes out. …
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…
daffLibrary – WOW and thanks
daffLibrary is wonderful. My profound thanks to Mary Lou Gripshover, Ben Blake, Nancy Tackett, Lynn Slackman, Harold Koopowitz, and everyone else involved! A tremendous, far sighted achievement. Special thanks to Dr. David Willis for making his excellent new book available…
Plant Morphology question
Friends, I’ve been trying to recall a the word which denotes the structure connecting the seed to the ovary in a narcissus. I believe it starts with O, perhaps omb… Any ideas? Melissa