Category: Species

Information and photos of wild narcissus species.

n. Papyraceus

We tend to forget that daffodil blooms turn to face the brightest light or follow the sun. The wall behind this bloom is absorbing most of the sunlight and not reflecting any or maybe just a little bit of light.…

Flore Pleno

Hi all, I’m on holiday at the moment so haven’t fully followed the discussion on flore pleno. I have a cultivar which I’ve always called N jonquilla flore pleno. It is not recognised as a species but has all the…

Old botanical name -?

Some pictures of daffodils from the Hortus Eystettensis by Basilius Besler (published in 1613) can be seen in http://www.amo-bulbi.it/ELENCO_LIST.htm. Find the author’s name in the table and click on  >  and then on NEXT. Regards.   Henry 

where to find what in Andalusia

Dear Daffnetters, Merry Christmas to you all. We will be travelling to Andalusia this coming April for only about a week. Among other things, I’ll be on the lookout for species daffodils. Can anyone please give me any specific locations…