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Help Identify

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This request is from William Henry Raats. William lives a short drive from Cape Town South Africa.

***BTW before I present his pictures and known information I would pass on to those of you who use FaceBook that Leon Kluge posts native plants from South Africa on his page.***

From William:

I would really appreciate any info regarding this tiny Narcissus, which is in full flower now at our home, House Stormvogel (Petrel is Eng. for Stormvogel = Afrikaans) Stellenbosch, about 40 km from Cape Town International airport (Petrel is Eng. for Stormvogel = Afrikaans)

I have taken photographs of the flowers which I would like to forward to you as it may help with the ID of the plants.

The flowers of the Narcissus canariensis bulbs planted in the garden are now past their peak. (Posted on Instagram @1happyplantlover )

William hopes to send more information about this bloom soon. I’m sure he would appreciate any help you may have.

 

2 comments for “Help Identify”

  1. This Narcissus, apparently N. canariensis, flowered in the garden towards the end of June 2021. It also flowered last year but not nearly as nice as this year.
    Great to see that a few Narcissus plants do well here in Stellenb0sch because daffodils do much better in the colder winter climate of for example, Johannesburg. The minimum winter temperature here in Stellenbosch town rarely hits 8 degrees Celsius, or 46,5 F.
    Kind regards
    William

  2. William had a second bloom he hoped for help identifying.

    William writes”

    This specific Narcissus was found (2965) in the old farm garden near Stelllenbosch. We have no other details.

    I may not have any interesting news or contributions but I love reading postings by the members of your society.

     

    The only other info I may be able to share is if a Narcissus cantabricus, which has been repotted, will flower next Winter/Spring (July/Aug/Sept 2022). The bulbs were grown from seed obtained by a South African collector about 4 decades ago at high altitude in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco.

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