One of the new viridiflorus seedlings from Leenen with nearly constant colour and temporary reflex of the petals. It has no pollen fertility. Theo
N. viridiflorus seedling from Leenen
Author: Theo Sanders
Narcissus cyclamineus crosses and their fertility
The plants in the pictures are composed of one-third standard daffodil, one-third N. cyclamineus, and one-third N. jonquilla in the first and N. viridiflorus in the second case. They are triploid with three different chromosome sets and should therefore…
Different colour of N. cantabricus luteolentus and N. cantabricus luteolentus x N. triandrus pallidulus at two locations in Spain
The plants in the pictures are flowering in the greenhouse. The species and their crosses with the deeper yellow flowers are from a site near Torre de Juan Abad which I know from Gerd Knoche; the others are from St. Elena.…
Crosses of jonquilla hybrids with viridiflorus hybrids
Three weeks ago I saw that some new seedlings of jonquilla hybrids x viridiflorus hybrids growing outdoors had flower buds. Up to this time we had no frost, but soon it would freeze and snow and perhaps the flowers would be…
Narcissus viridiflorus Hybrids
Some viridiflorus seedlings flowered in the greenhouse during autumn 2015. They were grown up outdoors and later on brought to the greenhouse for faster multiplication and for flowering. Only few seedlings developed; most of them were killed by frost. Therefore…
The generation of fertile allotetraploid hybrids of narcissus species by chromosome doubling
This spring I found many diploid pollen grains on one plant of Hawera and three plants of Fairy Chimes. These species hybrids were transformed with Oryzalin from diploids to tetraploids or mixoploids. More information you will find in the PDF file The…