Author: Theo Sanders

Cool Pink, Magic Step, New Magic

I would like to get one bulb of Cool Pink, of Magic Step and of New Magic to look at the pollen. Perhaps they are fertile and I can make some crosses. I found none of these daffodils in the catalogues of the…

N. dubius

I have harvested some seeds of N. dubius, one type from Santa Eulalia  and one from  Southern France. If anybody is interested, give me your address please and I shall send it.   Theo

NNNX Crosses 2

The plants produce little pollen, big pollen, or both types. An  example for the last case  is shown in the picture. Theo  

NNNX Crosses 1

The pictures show  new seedlings of this spring from the following crosses: Symptom x Matador, Hillstar x Amadeus and Oregon Cedar x Emerald Sea. These crosses have 3 chromosome sets of standard daffodils (NNN) and 1 chromosome set of N. tazetta, N. jonquilla or N.…

N. cantabricus

In March of this year I found in the Sierra de Calatrava many N. cantabricus. For most species each clone looks  different from the other. But for the two pictures only one can be  N. cantabricus.  What about the other?…