Category: Science

This category is about the biology of daffodils and narcissus.

Paperwhites

Different paperwhites flower here in Canberra from about April to September. Flowering time is influenced by both rainfall and temperature. A couple more paperwhite N. broussonetii seedlings have flowered here and these too have, at best, only slight fertility. The autumn…

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…

zaianicus

Hi Dave, I can’t help you much. I have old photos and no expertise. My photos that include the name ‘zaianicus’ don’t appear to be consistent. They have all been grown from seed so feel free to speculate on the…