Here’s a link to an article about How the Daffodil Got Its Trumpet. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130309160248.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_science+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+News+–+Top+Science%29
Category: Science
This category is about the biology of daffodils and narcissus.
Two different clones of N. tazetta
Here are two tazetta clones from Mallorca. The pollen volume of the second one is about twice the volume of the first one. The stomata of the second one are longer and they lay more far from each other. This…
Postrate or vertical foliage
Steve, If a daffodil can have postrate foliage is obviously influenced by the genes. But I think there are some exturnal factors too which have consequences. Exposed sites with much sun, wind and no other plants nearby seem to support postrate foliage. The light, the temperature…
Bulbocodium Foliage – Obscure and Esoteric Question
This is trivial, obscure, and esoteric in the whole scheme of things. The questions posed do make me crazy and adds to my considerable confusion regarding my lack of understanding of many members of Section Bulbocodium. The photo is of…
N. assoanus with many unreduced pollen grains
Larry and all, My best seedlings exist in my imagination only , whereas Brian’s are reality. The two N. assoanus from Villarluengo in the pictures are flowering in my greenhouse. The first has more than 30 % viable unreduced pollen. In…
dubius
This is N. dubius as I know it. This specimen is a bit mite damaged. I have not seen one that I would describe as yellow but I have felt that some have a reversish look about them. It…