Category: Taxonomy

This is about the naming and relationships between the different narcissus species.

Narcissus viridiflorus and Narcissus x xanthochlorus

Steve, Here are two fotos which are made near Facinas by Gerd Knoche in this autumn. Sometimes  a viridiflorus clone with this yellowish green is to be seen. This type of flower was given the name Narcissus x xanthochlorus (N. viridiflorus x N. cavanillesii)  by…

Toward fertile 7O-O

The first of the non-viridiflorus fertile jonquil hybrids have started flowering here. They seem to respond to the milder conditions and extra water at the house and are ahead of the very early big main division flowers, which are only…

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…

Orange stigma

I can’t recall ever seeing a distinctly orange stigma on a daffodil before. I’m going to pretend this is a precursor to an all orange tazetta 8O-O (until reality catches up with me in a few years time). On checking…