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…
N. x tuckeri
Author: Theo Sanders
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…
World Daffodil Convention in New Zealand
Bob, Thank you for the compliments. Here are two photos of you in New Zealand and two pictures of Hart’s Black Horse Brewery in Lawrence. It is to be seen what different daffodil varieties do when they are left alone for 120…
Postrate or vertical foliage
Steve, If a daffodil can have postrate foliage is obviously influenced by the genes. But I think there are some exturnal factors too which have consequences. Exposed sites with much sun, wind and no other plants nearby seem to support postrate foliage. The light, the temperature…
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…
N. eugeniae
Brian, Yes, we met there in 2011 and then went to Villarluengo and found nearby a very interesting type of N. assoanus. Here are some close-up pics of N. eugeniae. As for many species the flower stems at the begining are…