FG 99-20 has large yellow triandrus like flowers with up to three per stem. Frank Galyon, the hybridizer, as well as Steve Vinisky have got seed from it . I would like to have a picture of FG 99-20 for…
Category: Fertility
The fertility of species and named daffodils.
Lawrence Trevanion’s program on “BREEDING ADVANCES IN DIVISIONS 5, 6, 7, 8 AND 10 IN AUSTRALIA”
For those of you who were in on Lawrence Trevanion’s excellent presentation last Wednesday night, March 31, we’re happy to report that he was able to send us his PowerPoint with the live links to all of the discussions he…
A Question for Hybridizers.
Here is a question that I have never seen discussed. We know that some species are self-infertile but others are self fertile. What is the situation in hybrids? Selfing is a standard practice in other plant groups to explore recombination…
An invitation for all to register for the American Daffodil Society Virtual Fall Forum 2020
I am cordially inviting all DaffNet participants to register for our upcoming virtual symposium, Visionary Venture. Registration is OPEN and is $25 for ADS members registering before 31 AUG and $35 beginning 1 SEP. Non ADS members registration fee is…
Some breeding/fertility questions
I have a lot of tazettas blooming now and was looking through the pollen I collected last year to see what I might use for breeding. ‘Aspasia’ is my latest-blooming daffodil and I saved a lot if its pollen. When…
The fertility of NNNX daffodil varieties
The existing NNNX varieties you find in the table of the pdf file The fertility of nnnx daffodil varieties .More should be generated by hybridizers. Many of these plants are fertile and can be used for further interesting crosses. Theo