Author: Theo Sanders

Narcissus x xanthochlorus

One year ago I published a picture of N. x xanthochlorus ( N. cavanillesii x N. viridiflorus) on Daffnet. This year  three bulbs will flower. Two  flowers allready opened (see photos).  N. x xantthochlorus is allotetraploid and therefore seed- and…

Hybrids of different narcissus species can be fertile by generating unreduced pollen

In this spring I found many plants of intersectional diploid narcissus hybrids in Spain which were fertile by generating unreduced pollen. This may be of great interest for daffodil hybridizers and plant breeding in general. More information you find on www.theo-sanders-daffodils.de.…

New seedling

This seedling is flowering now for the first time. It has one third of the chromosomes from Sea Dream (3W-GWW). The two other thirds are from two species. What do you think are these species? Theo