It’s been very quiet lately on Daffnet. Thought I’d post another one that isn’t read. It doesn’t look like we are going to have winter this year here in Northeast NC. No “deep” freeze yet and only one day below…
Category: Fertility
The fertility of species and named daffodils.
Diamond and gold dust
A few years ago John Hunter posted on Daffnet some comments about gold and silver dusted perianths. https://daffnet.org/gold-and-silver-dusted-perianths/ He referred to a short article in The Daffodil Journal Vol. 48 #4, June 2012 p.308 about what causes diamond dusting, which…
A few end of season blooms
Hi The end of the season is not far away with hot weather on its way. We have got to miniature size with our doubles but they are not all the nice layered ones like Paul’s. There are some interesting…
New Trevanion Bulbocodium hybrids at the Canberra Show
Lawrence Trevanion exhibited a number of his fertile bulbocodium hybrids at the Canberra Show. The judges preferred the bulbocodiums that did not have wide perianths. Lawrence’s new hybrids add an extra element to the bulbocodium classes. We have a few…
Snapdragon?
Lot’s of deformities can be seen in daffodils and only very occasionally would one wish to stabilise such features. Yesterday I spotted one that looks quite attractive to my eye. It’s been separated out in the hope that it is…
N. lagoi
The first pseudonarcissus species for the season is tiny N. lagoi. Put into a head of frost bitten Gramonella gives a better idea of its scale. One of the tazettas, sad though it is, is very interesting. Cyclamineus x…