Category: Science

This category is about the biology of daffodils and narcissus.

Pollen in the freezer

The pollen in the pictures is from N. bulbocodium, Emerald Sea, N. assoanus and N. fernandesii.It was in the freezer since 2006. It is to be seen, that many polllen grains sprout and therefore can be used for successful pollination.…

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N. tazetta ‘#4’ was collected in Crete. Most that I collected have full and overlapping petals but I like the starry appearance here. The bulb was partially exposed on the hillside and it was easy to collect but I had…

Still on autumn flowers

This is a paler and perhaps more usual form of N. x alleniae, with one of its parents N. miniatus at the bottom of the picture. In rushy/grassy habitat, near Arcos,  in S. Spain Brian

The little Narcissus that has no corona from southern sunny Spain (& N. Africa)

Another little, 3-4inch high, autumn flowering species photographed in the wild. Some think it should be removed from the genus Narcissus – but it cross breeds with other Narcissi so I hope it will be allowed to remain as a…