While ice and snow fell to our south the air up here was stagnant and cold. The ice pack above the mulch stands at 6 inches of almost solid ice. We had 1 inch of snow last night. I have…
Blooming in the greenhouse
Category: Fertility
The fertility of species and named daffodils.
Early Daffodil
Ian Tyler’s photo of Rijnveld’s Early Sensation (RES) was very timely for me. On Friday (27th Dec) I photographed an early daffodil in flower in my mother’s garden. (Co Armagh, N Ireland). It usually flowers in late December or early January. After…
Looking at pollen (2)
The same speculations made for fertile NNJ can be done for NNTr, for example Silver Bells, which is fertile and I think in many cases forms NTr-Pollen and egg cells. Equivalent crosses as with NNJ can be made.The result of Silver Bells (NNTr plus one chromosome) crossed with…
Looking at pollen (1)
A warning at the beginning.The following text will be a horror for normal daffodil freaks. It is for younger hybridizers only, perhaps up to an age of 80, because the results of the remarks in form of nice daffodils can be seen…
Fotos from Spain 12
In the mentioned area with the three autumn flowering species there grow many N. x alleniae, a natural cross of N. miniatus x N. viridiflorus. The colour of the perianth is often a light green-yellow. The vitality and bulb production…
Fotos from Spain 8
I found a very interesting area near Novo Sancti Petri, not far from Conil, in which N. miniatus, N. cavanillesii and N. viridiflorus live together. Many N. x perezlarae, the cross of N. miniatus and N. cavanillesii ,are to be seen. There…