In this spring I found many plants of intersectional diploid narcissus hybrids in Spain which were fertile by generating unreduced pollen. This may be of great interest for daffodil hybridizers and plant breeding in general. More information you find on www.theo-sanders-daffodils.de.…
Category: Pollination
This is about the relationship between flower structure and pollination efficiency. It also includes reproductive costs and success.
Pollen Volume and Chromosome Content of Daffodils; Possibilities for hybridizing 2 and 3
During March 2013 I found some different yellow bulbocodiums in Potugal and Spain. From observing the pollen volume I think that four plants are diploid, two are tetraploid, and one is hexaploid. I found out that most diploid species can…