Finally we’ve had some rain. Hopefully I will now be able to finish planting. (It is very late!) Some nice jonquilla are now flowering. Years ago I selected bulbocodiums that had gnarled coronas with pollen points in them. It seemed…
Mid June
Category: Pollination
This is about the relationship between flower structure and pollination efficiency. It also includes reproductive costs and success.
N. x tuckeri
During my trip to Spain in March I saw N. x tuckeri for the first time. Leslie Tucker told me the site near Navas de S. Juan. Many N. x tuckeri grow there in meadows. It is a natural…
Marking Daffodil Crosses
Here are some photos of the hang tags (fluorescent merchandise string tags) in place on developing seed pods. I like to use the highly visible fluorescent tags as they can easily be seen later in the season as pods develop.…
Pollen Questions
DaffNet has a new member who, after reading Kirby’s note about gifting Graham Phillips with the pollen from ‘Millenium Orange’, has a couple questions for those who hybridize. As Mark is uncertain as to how to start a new topic, …
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…
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…