Category: Science

This category is about the biology of daffodils and narcissus.

to nomenclature problems

Dear All,  Thanks for the answers to my message on the botanical families to which Narcissus is attributed by various institutions.  An excellent explanation arrived from Dr. John David whom Brian kindly interpellated on this issue.  Best regards   Henry…

Looking at pollen(3)

In December 18, 2008 I send two e-mails to Daffnet with the titles ‘Looking at pollen (1)’ and ‘Looking at pollen (2)’. I reported that some daffodils, which should be infertile because of their special chromosome constitution, were found to…

Pachybulbos,

All references to the N. pachybolbus brought to England in the years following 1875 (Burbridge &  Baker, p. xv and Curtis) indicate that the  bulbs came from Algeria.  According to the Curtis reference they are definitely not hardy in England. …

more from France

Near Grasse, we found N. provincialis.  Interestingly, some have white perianths and some are all yellow. Mary Lou